The grand prize (just the trophy, mind) (ANSA/Daniel Dal Zennaro)A team time trial opened the race. Here’s AG2R La Mondiale on the road to Sanremo (ANSA/Claudio Peri)BMC ride through one of the tunnels on the bike path (Cor Vos)Giant-Alpecin fly past the coastal foliage (Cor Vos)Masters of the discipline, Orica-GreenEdge took the win by seven seconds from Tinkoff-Saxo (Cor Vos)
The first Maglia Rosa of the race, Simon Gerrans, pictured before the first of four days in Liguria (Cor Vos)The tifosi cheer on their heroes (ANSA/Claudio Peri)The peloton en route to Genoa (Cor Vos)Splits in the peloton as the leadout trains take charge for the sprint finish (Cor Vos)Sky’s Elia Viviani timed his sprint to perfection to take his first ever Giro stage win (Cor Vos)
191 riders interrupt a peaceful countryside scene on stage three (Cor Vos)Tinkoff-Saxo and Astana massed on the front for the majority of the stage (ANSA/Claudio Peri)Adam Hansen was in the break on his birthday. It’s his eleventh Grand Tour in a row (Cor Vos)Sestri Levante saw Michael Matthews win in pink once again (Cor Vos)Rosé for the Maglia Rosa (Cor Vos)
Stage four to La Spezia saw Fabio Aru, Alberto Contador and Richie Porte go on the attack (Cor Vos)The race was shattered on the rolling hills of southern Liguria (Cor Vos)Baby-faced Davide Formolo gives the thumbs up after his solo win (ANSA/Dal Zennaro – Peri)Four days in, and a third Orica-GreenEdge rider takes the overall lead. Simon Clarke celebrates (Cor Vos)
Ivan Basso has tipped his ex-teammate Davide Formolo as a future Giro winner (Cor Vos)Sir Paul Smith, designer of the Giro’s jerseys in 2013, snaps a shot of the race (ANSA/Dal Zennaro – Peri)Stage four brought the first summit finish of the race. Contador, Aru and Porte were on the offensive again (Cor Vos)Lampre-Merida’s second year pro Jan Polanc beat his breakmates to the win on Abetone (Cor Vos)Another day, another General Classification leader. Can Alberto Contador keep his pink jersey til Milan? (Cor Vos)
Daniel Ostanek 