Vingegaard will debut at the Giro de Italia as the great favorite for victory
The Dane will face Bernal, Mas, Adam Yates and Pellizzari to take over the pink maglia, as Pogacar, Seixas, Simon Yates, Del Toro, Carapaz and Evenepoel will not be on the way out.
Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma) during the team presentation at the Giro.
The Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma) will make his debut in the Giro de Italia today as the great favorite for the final victory in this 109 edition, which will depart from Nessebar, Bulgaria , and arrive in Rome on 31 May, after 21 stages (3,459 kilometers and 48,550 meters of disparity), including a counterclock and seven high arrivals.
In the absence of the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar and the young French Paul Seixas de, the forecasts highlight Vingegaard as the winner. Vingegaard wants to win the three big laps , since he already has two Tours and a Lap . If he did, he would make Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Felice Gimondi, Bernard Hinault, Vincenzo Bali, Alberto Froome.
Neitherwill the champion of the title, Simon Yates , nor the Mexican Isaac Del Toro , nor theEcuadorian Richard Carapaz , nor the Belgian Remco Evenepoel , so the Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos) and theSpanish Enric Mas (debutante) will compete for the pink maglia.
The UAE, without a leading leader, will bet on Adam Yates , the last winner of O Camiño, within an experienced team. The second option will be theAustralian Jay Vine , king of the mountain classification in the Return to Spain.
Red Bull Bora, without Evenepoel, arrives at theGiro with a powerful team led by Italian Giulio Pellizzari . Pellizzari, 22, is the hope of the Italians after being ranked third in the Tyrant and the Alps.
Only two Basque cyclists will leave in Bulgaria, Navarro Igor Arrieta (UAE) and Alavés Markel Beloki (EF Education).
Milan, sprint favorite
On the other hand, the Italian Jonathan Milan (Lidl Trek) , who has won six wins in 2026, has an impressive record, winning points in each of the three major rounds he has finished, and will undoubtedly be the runner to beat in the sprints.
His main rivals will be the young Kaden Groves, Dylan Groenewegen, Pascal Ackermann and Tobias Lund Andresen, Paul Magnier and Arnaud De Lie .
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