Buckle up, everyone, it's time for the queen stage at this year's Giro d'Italia. Today's stage 15 is the longest and toughest of the entire race, stretching out 222km, with a whopping 5,400m of elevation gain – that's more than half the height of Mount Everest.
It will, no doubt, be a pivotal day for the general classification contenders. Following Saturday's time trial, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) leads Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) by three minutes and 41 seconds, but anything can happen in the high mountains.
