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The Giro platoon has been presented in Bulgaria with Igor Arrieta and Markel Beloki as the only Basque cyclists

Burgas (Bulgaria) has hosted the presentation of the 23 teams and 184 cyclists participating in the 21 stages of the Giro LIVE, kirolakeitb.eus ataria and ETB.

BURGAS (Bulgaria), 06/05/2026.- Ecuadorian cyclist Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (R) of team EF Education-EasyPost and teammates appear on stage during the Teams Presentation of the 109th edition of the Giro d'Italia cycling race in Burgas, Bulgaria, 06 May 2026. (Ciclismo) EFE/EPA/BORISLAV TROSHEV

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2026/05/06 - 21:11

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There are only two days left before the start of the Giro de Italia, which this year celebrates its first three days in Bulgaria and in which the 23 participating teams and 184 cyclistshave been presented in Burgas . The21 stagesof the Giro will be broadcast live, kirolakeitb.eus eitb.eus and ETB.

The race starts this Friday, May 8, in Nessebar, Bulgaria, will arrive in Italy on the 12th and end in Rome on the 31st. Cyclists will have three hard weeks ahead with 3,459 kilometers and 49,000 meters of positive disparity. Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma) is the great favorite to win the pink maglia.

UAE team at the presentation. Photo: EFE

Igor Arrieta (UAE) and Markel Beloki (EF Education) will be the only two Basque cyclists where there will be the exit ofthe Italian Gso in 2026.

On the one hand, Arrietawill be accompanied by Adam Yates (leader), Jan Christen, Jhonatan Narvaez, Marc Soler, Antonio Morgado eta Jay Vine .

The Alavés cyclist Beloki (EF Education), for his part, will complete the Giro with the following teammates: Vincenzo Albanese, Samuele Battistella, Madis Mihkels, Darren Rafferty, James Shaw, Michael Valgren and Jardi Christiaan Van der Lee.