STAGE 21: May 28 - Tom Dumoulin won the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia in sensational style. The Dutchman went into the final stage 53secs behind overnight leader Nairo Quintana of Colombia but the 26-year-old secured his maiden grand tour victory after a second-place finish behind stage winner Jos van Emden.

Jos van Emden gave the Netherlands a double reason for celebration when he claimed his maiden grand tour stage win with a sensational ride into the Lombardy capital. "I'm so happy, so emotional," said Van Emden. "I was too many times second and this is a great day for Dutch cycling."

STAGE 20, May 27 - Thibaut Pinot of the FDJ team claimed his maiden Giro d'Italia stage as Colombian Nairo Quintana retained the pink jersey. But Dutchman Tom Dumoulin made sure to stay in contention. Dumoulin is the favourite for the final time trial which ends the tour.

STAGE 19, May 26 - Nairo Quintana took the Giro d'Italia pink jersey from Dutch rival Tom Dumoulin on Friday but the Colombian climber warned the race is "far from over"."It's still quite difficult," Quintana said. "Tomorrow will be the decisive stage."

STAGE 18: May 25 - Tom Dumoulin laughed off the tactics of rivals Nairo Quintana and Vincenzo Nibali on his way to defending the pink jersey in a thrilling 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia won by American Tejay Van Garderen.

Stage 17: May 24 - Pierre Rolland swelled with emotion after ending a two-year victory drought with an impressive victory on the 17th stage. Tom Dumoulin retained the race leader's pink jersey to maintain his 31-second overall lead on Nairo Quintana after the pair rolled over the finish line nearly eight minutes in arrears with the main peloton.

Stage 16: May 23 - Vincenzo Nibali the two-time and defending champion held off Spanish rival Mikel Landa in a two-up sprint at the end of a climb-heavy "Queen" stage to hand the Italians their first victory of the race while race leader Tom Dumoulin struggled to retain the pink jersey after a desperate toilet stop.

STAGE 15: May 21 - Bob Jungels outsprinted Nairo Quintana to win stage 15 after the peloton rode 199km from Valdengo to Bergamo.

STAGE 14: May 20 - Tom Dumoulin further underlined his Giro d'Italia victory ambitions by stunning Colombian rival Nairo Quintana.

STAGE 13, May 19 - Colombia's Fernando Gaviria of the Quick-Step team claimed his fourth stage victory after a last surge in the sprint finish. Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin, however, retained the leaders' pink jersey after finishing close behind the sprinters. Dumoulin leads the tour by two minutes and 23 seconds from Nairo Quintana.

STAGE 12, May 18 - Colombian Fernando Gaviria of the Quick-Step team claimed his third stage of the tour after beating Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestine) and Ireland's Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) in a sprint finish. Meanwhile, Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) retained the overall leader's pink jersey after finishing in the main peloton.

STAGE 11, May 17 - Team Dimension Data rider Omar Fraile broke his grand tour duck with victory on the 11th stage. Tom Dumoulin retained the pink jersey but the day belonged to Fraile. "I've been waiting for this day for a long time," said Fraile, a former winner of the Tour of Spain's King of the Mountains jersey. "I marked Rui Costa at the end because I knew he was the strongest of our bunch. It's a victory I've been dreaming of for many years."

STAGE 10, May 16 - Dutchman Tom Dumoulin of the Sunweb team raced to 49-second victory in the individual time trial for his first stage victory of the tour which secured him the leaders' pink jersey. Dumoulin leads the tour by two minutes and 23 seconds from Nairo Quintana with Bauke Mollemo sitting in third place. "It's a nice gap to go into the mountains with," said Dumoulin. "But like Nairo Quintana showed on (stage nine to) Blockhaus, he's the better climber, and a lot can happen in the third week," said Dumoulin.

STAGE 9: May 14 - Nairo Quintana soared to victory on a dramatic ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia that secured the race leader's pink jersey and dented the victory hopes of several key rivals.

STAGE 8: May 13 - A Crash by Valerio Conti on the final turn enabled Gorka Izagirre to claim his maiden Giro stage win. Bob Jungels retained the race leader's pink jersey with a six-second lead on Geraint Thomas in the overall classification.

STAGE 7, May 12 - Orica's Caleb Ewan of Australia negotiated a technical finish to take the narrowest win on of the tour thus far to cap a difficult first week. "It's been a little bit difficult for us in the first part of the Giro d'Italia. I came close and the guys worked really hard, so I’m happy to finally win," said Ewan. "It was a really close sprint. I had to do some work with three kilometres to go so I was a little tired for the sprint."

STAGE 7, May 12 - Quick-Step's Bob Jungels retained the pink jersey with a six-second lead over Team Sky's Geraint Thomas. Adam Yates of Orica is in third place 10 seconds behind.

STAGE 6, May 11 - Swiss Silvan Dillier of BMC claimed the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia. "It's probably the biggest win of my career," said Dillier. Luxembourg's Bob Jungels retained the overall leader's pink jersey after finishing the 217-km ride from Reggio Calabria to Terme Luigiane in the main pack.

STAGE 5, May 10 - Quick-Step's Fernando Gaviria claimed his second stage win when he won a nerve-racking bunch sprint. Teammate Bob Jungels meanwhile retained the Giro d'Italia pink jersey ahead of Team Sky's Geraint Thomas. "It was a dangerous and crazy final to be honest. I'm super happy that Fernando took the victory, but it cost me a lot of nerves here in Messina," Jungels said. "It was amazing to see so many people on the streets, but it's also sometimes very dangerous."

STAGE 4, May 9 - Slovenian Jan Polanc conquered the prestigious Giro d'Italia fourth stage to Mount Etna on Tuesday as Luxembourg's Bob Jungels took the pink jersey to keep the race lead with his Quick Step team."It was probably the hardest day of my life," said Polanc. And most of the peloton agreed. "The climb was difficult with a constant headwind, especially after a long break."

STAGE 3, May 7 - Fernando Gaviria finished off a cunning tactical move by his Quick Step team to win the third stage of the Giro d'Italia and secure the race leader's pink jersey. "All the teams knew the wind would make it difficult in the finale. But we were in front, my teammates were strong and they really went for it," said Gaviria.

STAGE 2, May 6 - Andre Greipel bounced back from an untimely puncture to power his way to a stage two victory that gave him possession of the leader's pink jersey."It wasn't an easy day with the head wind," he said. "It made a six hours race but it also played in our favour. Otherwise there would have been some attacks."

STAGE 1: May 5 - Austria's Lukas Postlberger upset the sprinters on the opening stage of the 100th Giro d'Italia with a sensational finish that secured an unlikely win and the race leader's pink jersey.

A host of top sprinters looked to have set up a bunch sprint for the end of the 206 km ride from Alghero to Olbia on the northern coast of Sardinia after catching a five-man breakaway in the closing kilometres. But after a sharp right-hand bend caused chaos in the final kilometres, 25-year-old Postlberger – competing in his first Grand Tour – surged clear.

Dimension Data's Daniel Teklehaimanot had a great day on the bike and leads the sprint and combative classifications while is third in the mountain and points classifications. His teammates Kristian Sbaragli and Ryan Gibbons finished in the top 10 to round off a fantastic opening stage for the South African team who sit fourth in the tem standings.