Words of wonder

The Tour de France, especially, has one of the greatest commentary teams in any sport, and this is the duo of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen

The Giro d’Italia started yesterday, on May 4, the first of Europe’s three grand tours of cycling. 

The other two are the Tour de France, which is in July, and then the Vuelta a España, in Spain in August. All three races are three weeks long and this is why they are called grand tours, to distinguish them from famous one-day races, such as the Tour of Flanders (Belgium), Milan-St Remo (Italy) and Paris-Roubaix (France) or the World Championship, which is held in different countries across the world each year.

The races all require different styles and the grand tours