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Berthet, Pasio, Consonni, Lippert, Bredewold and Blanco Calbet are some of the favorites to win in the fifth edition. The Basque cyclists will be three, Amondarain, Aranguren and Ostolaza, the three in the Basque team Laboral Kutxa – Euskadi Fundazioa.

Alessandro Ruta will be one of the presenters of the special session of the Giro de Italia. The Italian has pointed out that it will be a tough race year after year. Vingegaard is the favorite and points out that "the competition will be in second and third place".

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.

The Belgian SD Worx took advantage of today's sprint after being ranked second twice in advance. In addition, Kopecky is the new leader of the Lap, with a 10-second overload, 6 seconds ahead of Koch and 12 over Kerbaol.

When the stage seemed to have to be decided in the sprint, Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education) has decided to attack 2,000 feet from the finish line. Brest's cyclist has opened up a few seconds, and has gone alone, delighted, into the finish line.

Bossuyt didn't believe it was the first win in a big race, the fourth in his palmaris, but in the sprint he deserved that honor, as he has surpassed the best riders.

French cyclist Paul Seixas, 19, released the news on Monday through a video published by his team (Decathlon).

The first stage has been marked by rain and a fall that has divided the platoon eight kilometres away.

The Slovenian cyclist (UAE) confirmed his excellent start of the season by imposing himself on the Tour de Romandía with a new stage victory.

In addition, Ivan Ramiro Sosa of the Kern Pharma team was second, and the Basque cyclists Mikel Bizkarra and Ibon Ruiz finished the Return to Turkey among the top ten.

The Slovenian has won his third win in this edition by winning only in Charmey and sentencing the general in the absence of the last day.

Today's stage has been very similar to the first. The first part has passed through flat roads. The second was the climb to the Col du Mollendruz (9 km, 6.2%) , 32 km from the finish line in Orbe, where the most important movements of the race were expected.

In the general, Pogacarretains 17 seconds for the still second Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull Bora). The third is French Lenny Martinez (Bahrain) 26 seconds away.

Tomorrow's stage will be mountainous because four mountain ports will pass during the race. It will be 149.6 kmlong, it will start at Broc and end at  y Charmey. 

The Women's Tour starts this Sunday with French Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Polish Kasia Niewiadoma as favorites, considering that Demi Vollering, champion of the last two years, will not participate. 

Soderqvist, Conca, Thalmann and Renard-Haquin have been the protagonists of the day's getaway, but the platoon has caught them within four kilometers of the finish line.

Carapaz could be on the Tour de France, but he showed his disappointment: "The Giro is a race I've always loved and I was looking forward to."

Pogacar attacked at the top of the Ovronnaz and reached the finish line along with three other cyclists, Lipowitz, Martinez and Nordhagen, and was the fastest in the sprint.

The French cyclist of the Ineos Grenadier has entered the Portuguese Ivo Oliveira (UAE) and the Swedish Jakob Soderqvist (Lidl-Trek), second and third respectively.

109. The Giro de Italia will be held from 8 May to 31 May and will begin in Nessebar, Bulgaria, and end in Rome.

Thirteen teams will belong to the UCI Women's WorldTeam category and six to the UCI Women's ProTeam category.