DAN’ S TOP FIVE GIRO S

1987

I must confess to never having watched a single kilometre of this, but my uncle Stephen won it, so I can hardly leave it o f

1999

A vivid childhood memory of the Giro: seeing Pantani destroying his competition one day and being led away in handcu fs the next

2004

Watching Damiano Cunego take the race on and beat his older team-mate Gilberto Simoni – another rider I admired – was inspiring

2010

A truly epic race that left me broken. Bad weather, brutal stages and even longer transfers. I survived and was all the stronger for it

2012

Watching my team-mate and friend Ryder Hesjedal stalk the pink jersey, and then bring it home in the inal stage TT was very special