Giro d'Italia 2022 Stage 7 - How to watch on Friday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

ByEurosport

Updated 13/05/2022 at 06:21 GMT

After a couple of days for the sprinters, the GC action resumes on Stage 7 at the Giro d’Italia. Four bruising climbs - one Cat. 1, two Cat. 2 and one Cat. 3 – await the maglia rosa hopefuls on a day that could see a serious shake-up in the overall standings. Juan Pedro Lopez will start in pink, with Simon Yates the best-placed of the pre-race favourites at 1’42”.

Stage 7 profile and route map: Diamante - Potenza

It may be downplayed as a ‘hilly’ stage in the road manual but make no mistake: Stage 7 will be brutal.

The Giro d’Italia journeys from Diamante to Potenza via four categorised climbs, with nearly 4500m of elevation awaiting the peloton. It’s no wonder that Eurosport expert Adam Blythe has dubbed Friday’s stage as “one of the hardest” of this year’s race.

Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) heads into the land of altitude on the back of successive disappointments, failing to bridge a gap with his team-mates to the front group on Stage 5 before seeing Arnaud Demare and Caleb Ewan sweep past him for a Stage 6 photo finish.

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Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek–Segafredo) begins the day in pink for a second time, with the Spaniard boasting a 38-second lead over Lennard Kamna (Bora-hansgrohe).

HOW CAN I WATCH THE GIRO ON TV AND LIVE STREAM?

Each and every stage will be broadcast in its entirety on Eurosport, discovery+ and GCN+, bookended by The Breakaway, presented by Orla Chennaoui and Dan Lloyd. Rob Hatch and Hannah Walker will be in the commentary box with regular contributions from pundits Robbie McEwen, Sean Kelly and Adam Blythe, with Bradley Wiggins doing his thing on the back of a motorbike.