And breathe.
For what the Giro d'Italia lacked in A-list stars, it made up for in an enthralling general classification battle that ran right up to the wire on the gravel slopes of the Colle delle Finestre. Simon Yates rid the demons that loomed over him from the very same climb seven years prior, when the maglia rosa was snatched from his grasp, and in doing so, kickstarted a Grand Tour season that surely can only get even better as the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes come into view.
