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Sports writer Herbie Sykes takes us back 25 years to remember Marco Pantani’s greatness on Monte Oropa in the 1999 Giro d’Italia when Il Pirata captured the Pink Jersey and the attention of the world.

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• At the second rest day of the Giro, Pogačar has all but wrapped up another Grand Tour win after a big day in the mountains.

• At the second rest day of the Giro, David Dekker is out man off the back of the GC competition, in place 150 out of the 150 riders remaining in the race. He’s finished seven more stages than he did last year.

• Here’s what to expect from the third and final week of the Giro.

• Lou Lou won a stage of the Giro!

• Here’s a very lovely photo gallery from this past week at the Giro.

• OLD NEWS: There’s a new SRAM Red groupset.

• Drink: Sip on a Garibaldi while watching some Giro.

• LISTEN: Geraint Thomas discusses his front row seat for watching the greatness of Pogačar.

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