BARCELONA, 24 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The organization of the Giro d’Italia revealed this Wednesday the list of entries for the 107th edition of the ‘Corsa Rosa’, which will start on May 4 from Venaria Reale and will end in Rome on the 26th of the same month, with several of the best cyclists in the world. moment, like the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar or the British Geraint Thomas, fighting for the ‘Senza Fine Trophy’.
Without a doubt, given the list of entries provided by the Giro, the great favorite to win the overall and arrive with the ‘pink jersey’ in Rome is Tadej Pogacar, who is also the current number 1 in the UCI ranking.
Pogacar, winner of the Tour de France in 2020 and 2021 and runner-up of the French round in 2022 and 2023, in addition to being third in La Vuelta 2019 in his first ‘big’, debuts in a Giro d’Italia that he has never raced and He will do so well supported by the UAE Team Emirates and as the main favorite.
He has had a “triumphant” start to the season, according to the Giro in its official statement, in which he has achieved seven victories in a total of ten days of racing. His main rival will be Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers), who in 2023 wore the ‘pink jersey’ until the penultimate stage.
The Welshman, who lost the last Giro d’Italia to Primoz Roglic (now at Bora-hansgrohe) who will not be able to fight to win the Giro due to the fall and injuries suffered in the last Itzulia, will once again have Thymen Arensman at his side , sixth in last year’s edition and one of the big favorites for the ‘maglia bianca’ for best youngster.
They repeat riders who in the 2023 Giro signed the ‘Top 10′, such as Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious) – he was fourth – and Eddie Dunbar (Jayco AlUla) – seventh in 2023 – and they return to the Giro with the desire to improve cyclists like Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), second in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, or Ben O’ Connor (Decathlon AG2R), winner of a stage and runner-up in the UAE Tour.
Other candidates to win are Daniel Felipe Martínez (BORA-hansgrohe), who comes to this Giro with three victories this season, the Spanish Juan Pedro López (Lidl-Trek), winner of the Tour of the Alps, and the ‘maglia rosa’ of the 2014 edition, the Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team).
Among the most anticipated debutants, fighting for the general classification but also to be the best youngster, the name of the Belgian Cian Uijtdebroeks stands out, eighth in La Vuelta 2023 and who is one of the brand new signings of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, or Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious), who has achieved some good results this season in the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour of the Alps.
As for the sprinters, the organization celebrates having a good cast of sprinters, among which the 2023 ‘maglia ciclamino’ Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) stands out, who confirmed his strength by winning two stages and the points classification of the Tyrrhenian-Adriatic.
Among others, the ‘pocket rocket’ of Jayco AlUla Caleb Ewan (5 victories in the Giro), the Colombian of the Movistar Team Fernando Gaviria (5), Alberto Dainese of the Tudor (2), the Australian of the Alpecin-Deceuninck Kaden appear as registered Groves (1), the Eritrean Biniam Girmay of Intermarché-Wanty (1) and the Belgian Tim Merlier (1), of Soudal Quick-Step.
Other experienced sprinters such as Fabio Jakobsen Team (dsm-firmenich PostNL) and younger ones, such as Olav Kooij (Visma) and Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ), winner of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and seventh in the last Paris-Roubaix.
Among the stage hunters, the Italian Filippo Ganna (INEOS) will try to achieve a seventh victory in the Giro, being one of the favorites in the time trial stages. But the Giro also highlights Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates), Tobias Foss and Magnus Sheffield (INEOS), Edoardo Affini (Visma), Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) and Lorenzo Milesi of the Movistar Team, winner of the Sub world time trial title -2. 3.
2024-04-24 13:14:22
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