Giro d'Italia turns up the heat before final week

Richard Carapaz douses himself with water
Richard Carapaz douses himself with water (Image credit: Getty Images)

Every one of the 164 riders still in the Giro d'Italia suffered in the heat on the road to Genoa as the summer weather intensified and promised to cook the riders day after day into the third week.

The riders faced temperatures close to 30°C all day as they crossed from Emilia Romagna into Liguria, with the Mediterranean coast offering little respite or cool breezes.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.