Historic Grand Tour podium for ORICA-GreenEDGE & Esteban Chaves at Giro d'Italia

An incredible three weeks of racing and excitement came to a close at the Giro d’Italia today with Colombian Esteban Chaves finishing in second place overall.

The result gives ORICA-GreenEDGE, Australia's first and only WorldTour team, its best result and first ever general classification podium in a Grand Tour.

26-year-old Chaves brilliantly won the mountainous Queen stage to put himself into contention and followed up by taking the race leader's pink jersey on stage 19 before battling hard against race winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) on the penultimate day to seal the spectacular second place.

“I have learnt that dreams can come true,” said the smiling Chaves. “If you keep working and never give up then your dreams can come true. That is what myself and ORICA-GreenEDGE are going to continue doing.”

Read the full final report here.

PHOTOS & VIDEOS: 99th Giro d'Italia

Follow our incredible 21-stage journey at the 2016 Giro d'Italia in photos thanks to renown cycling photographer Graham Watson who was on the spot to capture all of the ups and downs of our first Grand Tour podium.

View the full album here.

You can also catch up on the daily Backstage Passes, thanks to our videographer Dan Jones, on our YouTube channels. Stay tuned for a final edition soon.

Watch our Backstage Pass videos here.

Elvin takes a consecutive victory in Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik

Former Australian champion Gracie Elvin has taken a consecutive win in Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik, a UCI 1.1 category race.

Starting the race as the defending champion after her courageous win one year ago, Elvin was able handle the added pressure today to successfully defend her title in Gooik after a spectacular performance from the whole ORICA-AIS team.

"We were really in control the whole race today," said Elvin after her victory. "It was great for us to have so many cards to play and then actually finish it off."

Read the full report here.

PHOTOS: Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik

Take a look through our photo album from Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik, where the ORICA-AIS team controlled the entire day's proceedings to come away with victory courtesy of defending champion Gracie Elvin.

View the full album here.