Giro d'Italia - Stage 3 Live Stream: One of the oldest and grandest stage-race rivals of the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia returns in October with new dates following the 2020 race shuffle and revised UCI calendar. This 103rd edition will take place between Saturday 3 October and Sunday 25 October, starting in Monreale in Sicily. Having been due to roll out from Budapest, Hungary, this year’s Giro will now be a strictly all-Italian affair.

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Riders from 23 teams, including 2019 champion Richard Carapaz (Team Ineos Grenadiers), will tackle the 3,497.9km route over the 21 stages. Three individual time trials will take place – the first on stage one is across 15.1km; the second will be a 34.1km trial from Conegliano to Valdobbiadene at stage 14; while the last one is the Giro d’Italia’s finale across stage 21’s 15.7km run in to Milan.

There’s no shortage of picturesque landscapes to provide some much-needed escapism. In fact, the first mountain-top finish on stage three is atop Mount Etna – a protected UNESCO World Heritage site. The three tough mountain stages in the final week – taking in famous climbs including the Stelvio and Col d’Izoard – will be key too, showing us who’s got life left in their legs for the 2020 title.

Whether you’re in the UK or US, here’s how to watch the 2020 Giro d’Italia. If you like variety, the Giro d’Italia provides it early in the 2020 event. The first stage on Saturday was a time trial; Sunday featured an uphill sprint finish; and Monday will be an opportunity for GC contenders during a mountain stage.

Though Filippo Ganna won the time trial on Saturday and maintained the pink jersey after Sunday’s stage, the biggest statement thus far in the race was the time pre-race favorite Geraint Thomas put between himself and other GC contenders on the opening stage. On Saturday, Thomas distanced himself from Alexander Vlasov by 57 seconds, while Wilco Kelderman, Vincenzo Nibali, Steven Kruijswijk, Jakob Fuglsang, and Rafal Majka were all over a minute behind.

Diego Ulissi outsprinted Peter Sagan and Mikkel Frølich Honoré to take Stage 2. While Sagan might be the stronger pure sprinter, the uphill nature of the conclusion benefited the veteran Italian who captured his eighth career stage of the Giro. There was no major move by GC riders, who are saving energy for certain attacks on Monday.

Ganna holds a 22-second edge over Joao Almeida, with Thomas 23 seconds off the pace. Tobias Foss is 31 ticks back, and Josef Cerny is 36 seconds behind in fifth. Yates, perhaps Thomas’s chief rival, is in eighth place, 49 seconds behind the leader and 26 seconds back of Thomas.Thomas has won three stages of the Tour de France in addition to winning the event in 2018. He is riding in the Giro for a fourth time, but this is only the second occasion he has entered the event since 2012.

Will history repeat itself? Two years ago on the same mountain Esteban Chaves and Giulio Ciccone were the only breakaway riders left with 5km remaining. While Chaves outpowered Ciccone to the line, the Columbian is not in the field this year. There is little doubt Ciccone would like to reverse that memory.