The Giro d'Italia boils to a head this weekend with Geraint Thomas in pole position to claim his maiden victory in this event.

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The British star heads into the final two stages with a 26-second lead over Primoz Roglic, and sits 59 seconds ahead of Joao Almeida. The rest of the pack is cut adrift by four minutes or more.

Thomas will be determined to avoid incident in the closing stages following a wet and wild Giro so far that has boasted plenty of unpredictability.

Remco Evenepoel led the race after nine stages but was forced to withdraw from the event after testing positive for COVID. Thomas assumed the lead but was involved in a pile-up crash on Stage 11 caused by extremely wet conditions and a slippery descent.

Thomas and Roglic escaped unharmed, but 2020 champion Tao Geoghegan Hart was forced to withdraw from the event through injury.

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Fans will be keen to see whether Thomas can fend off Roglic in the dying embers of the Giro, and there are plenty of ways to do exactly that.

RadioTimes.com brings you all the details about how to watch the Giro d'Italia 2023.

How to watch Giro d'Italia 2023 on TV and live stream

UK viewers can watch all of the action live on discovery+, the main hub for all Eurosport live coverage.

Every stage will be broadcast between the Eurosport 1 and 2 channels with discovery+ encompassing all of their coverage online.

The discovery+ Entertainment & Sport plan is available for £6.99 a month or £59.99 per year.

You can also add discovery+ Entertainment & Sport to your Amazon Prime Video account by signing up for the service as an add-on.

You can also stream the event on GCN+ which available for £6.99 per month or £39.99 per year.

Welsh-language channel S4C is the only free-to-air UK broadcaster showing live coverage of the race. You can tune in via Sky, Freeview, Virgin and Freesat, as well as via BBC iPlayer.

Giro d'Italia 2023 highlights on TV

There will be regular highlights shows across discovery+, Eurosport, GCN+ and S4C throughout the Giro d'Italia so you can keep track of all the biggest moments.

Unfortunately ITV does not appear to be broadcasting highlights of the race in 2023 unless a last-ditch resolution is found.

ITV has previously shown free-to-air highlights of the race across their platforms but does not appear in the list of official broadcasters for the event and has not publicised any involvement with the event.

Who won the Giro d'Italia 2022?

Jai Hindley triumphed in the 2022 Giro d'Italia with over a minute separating him and second-place Richard Carapaz.

The Australian gained ground on the last two stages to burst beyond Carapaz and claim victory at the very end.

In 2020, Hindley was narrowly defeated by Welsh star Tao Geoghegan Hart, who clinched the title in a hotly-contested final stage.

Giro d'Italia past winners

2010: Ivan Basso

2011: Michele Scarponi

2012: Ryder Hesjedal

2013: Vincenzo Nibali

2014: Nairo Quintana

2015: Alberto Contador

2016: Vincenzo Nibali

2017: Tom Dumoulin

2018: Chris Froome

2019: Richard Carapaz

2020: Tao Geoghegan Hart

2021: Egan Bernal

2022: Jai Hindley

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