The Passo dello Stelvio has been removed from the route of stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia due to the risk of avalanches on the 2,758m-high Alpine mountain pass. RCS Sport announced on Tuesday ...

Gardner’s new Stelvio record is also almost two minutes faster than the previous, while she bettered the Giau benchmark by over four minutes. “It was a bit crazy,” she told Cycling Weekly.