giro rest day special

stages 14 and 15

Stage 14: the day that changed it all

by cm jacobs

juan pedro lópez. illustration by jeanette duncan for derailleur.

For the first week of a grand tour there’s an expected and widely accepted cadence to the road stages. On the long flat days, the smaller, and often the only willing, teams are allowed to get in a breakaway for sponsor exposure but are almos…