Giro d’Italia

Domenico Pozzovivo's (Ag2r-La Mondiale) Focus Izalco Max will supposedly weigh exactly 6.8kg when the Giro d'Italia hits the high mountains

Pro bike: Domenico Pozzovivo’s Focus Izalco Max

Hometown favourite Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) was set to ride this Cervélo S3 in this year's Giro d'Italia before an unfortunate crash in the opening team time trial forced him to retire

Pro bike: Dan Martin’s Cervelo S3

The 2014 Giro d'Italia kicked off in Ireland

Giro d’Italia 2014 highlights

The 2014 Giro d'Italia kicked off in Ireland

Giro d’Italia 2014 highlights, stages 1-4

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) is yet another rider who has joined the Berner oversized pulley camp. While the frictional advantage over stock pulleys is relatively small, it's still real

Giro d’Italia race tech: It’s all in the details

Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) is hoping for a few more stage wins aboard his trusty Giant Propel Advanced

Race tech: Giro d’Italia road bikes

Specialized has provided Rigoberto Urán (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) with this custom - and all-new - S-Works Tarmac, resplendent in the colors of his native Colombia

Pro bike: Rigoberto Urán’s Specialized S-Works Tarmac

American rider Brent Bookwalter (BMC) is using this BMC TimeMachine TM01 for this year's Giro d'Italia time trials

Pro bike: Brent Bookwalter’s BMC TimeMachine TM01

This year's Giro d'Italia kicked off with a 21.7km-long team time trial around the streets of Belfast in Northern Ireland. The roads were wet, the rain was sputtering, and the winds were whipping about but that didn't keep teams from cracking out their full-blown aero machinery. Take a look at some of the bikes that the riders used today.

Race tech: Giro d’Italia time trial bikes

2013 UCI WorldTour leader Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) will race the Giro d'Italia on this custom-painted Canyon Aeroad CF

Pro bike: Joaquim Rodríguez’s Canyon Aeroad CF

The new POC Cerebel

New POC Cerebel released ahead of Giro

We've shown you on numerous occasions what team riders ride. But what do the support staff drive? Lotto-Belisol uses these Skoda Octavia wagons, which are quite popular among the peloton

Race vehicles of the Giro d’Italia

This year's Santini pink jersey

Giro d’Italia jerseys guide

The Rapha Pantani Jersey

Commemorative Rapha Pantani Jersey launched

Santini’s Belfast jersey celebrates the Giro’s start. The front graphic harks back to the early twentieth century and Art Deco when Belfast’s shipyards built some of the world’s most celebrated sealiners - such as the Titanic

Santini reveals two new Giro d’Italia jerseys