No days off at the Giro d’Italia, warns Kruijswijk

An event as complex as the Giro d’Italia can never be reduced to simple arithmetic, but Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) must still have felt a degree of frustration when he did the math on reaching Milan at the end of last year’s race.

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.