FROM AVOLA THROUGH HUNGARY, TO VERONAWhen the riders take to the starting line on Friday 6th May, they will mark the start of the 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia, affectionately known as La Corsa Rosa. The 22 team Grande Partenza [Grand Depart/Start] will spend three days of racing in Hungary - 2 years later than initially planned - before returning to the streets of Italy. The race will conclude with an Individual Time Trial on the final stage in Verona on the 29th of May. THE ROUTEThe race begins with a 195km-long opening flat stage, as 184 cyclists will look to lay a solid foundation for the 21 stage three-week long journey through 3 445.6 kilometers of Italian roads; pedalling for the Maglia Rosa honors come the chequered flag in Verona. As we have seen in previous races, the Italian grand race will see week three putting the riders to the sword, with a mammoth 5 days in the mountains. This is undoubtedly where the victor shall rise to the fore, as the rest of the field will have to settle for groomsman roles. BROADCAST DETAILSYou never have to miss a pedal; SuperSport brings you unrivaled coverage as all the action out of Italy comes to you daily and LIVE on TV or to stream via DSTV Now. Check the TV Guide for details. STAGES
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THE TEAMS
Organisers, RCS Sport, invited the 18 UCI WorldTour teams plus four-wildcard invitations for UCI ProTeams. Team Arkéa-Samsic decided to turn down their invitation to this year’s Giro, to focus their resources on the Tour de France and Vuelta a España.
| TEAM | RIDERS |
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AG2R CITROËN TEAM - France | 1. Lilian Calmejane 2. Jaakko Hanninen 3. Felix Gall 4. Mikael Cherel 5. Nans Peters 6. Nicolas Prodhomme 7. Andrea Vendrame 8. Lawrence Naesen |
ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN TEAM - Kazakstan | 1. Vincenzo Nibali 2. Miguel Angel Lopez 3. David de la Cruz 4. Valerio Conti 5. Joe Dombrowski 6. Fabio Felline 7. Harold Tejada 8. Vadim Pronskiy |
ALPECIN-FENIX - Belgium | 1. Mathieu van der Poel 2. Stefano Oldani 3. Jakub Mareczko 4. Dries De Bondt 5. Michael Gogl 6. Senne Leysen 7. Tobias Bayer 8. Oscar Riesebeek |
BARDIANI-CSF-FAIZANÈ - Italy | 1. Sacha Modolo 2. Filippo Fiorelli 3. Filippo Zana 4. Luca Covili 5. Alessandro Tonelli 6. Davide Gabburo 7. Samuele Zoccarato 8. Luca Rastelli |
TEAM BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS - Bahrain | 1. Mikel Landa 2. Pello Bilbao 3. Wout Poels 4. Jan Tratnik 5. Phil Bauhaus 6. Santiago Buitrago 7. Domen Novak 8. Jasha Sütterlin |
TEAM BIKE EXCHANGE - JAYCO - Australia | 1. Simon Yates 2. Lawson Craddock 3. Christopher Jull-Jensen 4. Damien Howson 5. Michael Hepburn 6. Matteo Sobrero 7. Callum Scotson 8. Lucas Hamilton |
BORA-HANSGROHE - Germany | 1. Wilco Kelderman 2. Lennard Kämna 3. Jai Hindley 4. Emanuel Buchmann 5. Ben Zwiehoff 6. Giovanni Aleotti 7. Patrick Gamper 8. Cesare Benedetti |
COFIDIS - France | 1. Guillaume Martin 2. Davide Cimolai 3. Simone Consonni 4. Anthony Perez 5. Pierre-Luc Perichon 6. Davide Villella 7. Remy Rochas 8. Wesley Kreder |
DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI - Italy | 1. Jhonatan Restrepo 2. Jefferson Cepeda 3. Natnael Testfatsion 4. Andrii Ponomar 5. Simone Ravanelli 6. Eduardo Sepulveda 7. Mattia Bais 8. Eduard-Michael Grosu |
EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST - United States | 1. Hugh Carthy 2. Magnus Cort 3. Esteban Chaves 4. Simon Carr 5. Diego Andres Camargo 6. Owain Doull 7. Odd Christian Eiking 8. Merhawi Kudus |
EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM - Italy | 1. Lorenzo Fortunato 2. Erik Fetter 3. Diego Rosa 4. Francesco Gavazzi 5. Vincenzo Albanese 6. Samuele Rivi 7. Davide Bais 8. Mirco Maestri |
GROUPAMA-FDJ - France | 1. Arnaud Demare 2. Ramon Sinkeldam 3. Ignatas Konovalovas 4. Jacopo Guarnieri 5. Attila Valter 6. Tobias Ludvigsson 7. Miles Scotson 8. Clement Davy |
INEOS GRENADIERS - Great Britain | 1. Richard Carapaz 2. Pavel Sivakov 3. Richie Porte 4. Ben Swift 5. Salvatore Puccio 6. Jonathan Castroviejo 7. Ben Tulett 8. Jhonatan Narváez |
INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX - Belgium | 1. Domenico Pozzovivo 2. Biniam Girmay 3. Rein Taaramae 4. Jan Hirt 5. Lorenzo Rota 6. Barnabás Peák 7. Simone Petilli 8. Aime De Gendt |
ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH - Israel | 1. Alessandro De Marchi 2. Alex Dowsett 3. Giacomo Nizzolo 4. Matthias Brandle 5. Rick Zabel 6. Alexander Cataford 7. Jenthe Biermans 8. Reto Hollenstein |
LOTTO-SOUDAL - Belgium | 1. Caleb Ewan 2. Thomas De Gendt 3. Roger Kluge 4. Filippo Conca 5. Matthew Holmes 6. Sylvain Moniquet 7. Michael Schwarzmann 8. Harm Vanhoucke |
MOVISTAR TEAM - Spain | 1. Alejandro Valverde 2. Jorge Arcas 3. Will Barta 4. Oier Lazkano 5. Antonio Pedrero 6. Jose Joaquin Rojas 7. Sergio Samitier 8. Ivan Ramiro Sosa |
QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM - Belgium | 1. Mark Cavendish 2. Mauri Vansevenant 3. Andrea Bagioli 4. Michael Mørkøv 5. Bert Van Lerberghe 6. Davide Ballerini 7. Pieter Serry 8. Mauro Schmid |
TEAM DSM - Germany | 1. Romain Bardet 2. Thymen Arensman 3. Cees Bol 4. Alberto Dainese 5. Nico Denz 6. Romain Combaud 7. Martijn Tusveld 8. Chris Hamilton |
TEAM JUMBO-VISMA - Netherlands | 1. Tom Dumoulin 2. Koen Bouwman 3. Sam Oomen 4. Jos van Emden 5. Edoardo Affini 6. Tobias Foss 7. Pascal Eenkhoorn 8. Gijs Leemreize |
TREK-SEGAFREDO - United States | 1. Bauke Mollema 2. Giulio Ciccone 3. Dario Cataldo 4. Juan Pedro Lopez 5. Jacopo Mosca 6. Mattias Skjelmose Jensen 7. Edward Theuns 8. Otto Vergaerde |
UAE TEAM EMIRATES - United Arab Emirates | 1. João Almeida 2. Fernando Gaviria 3. Davide Formolo 4. Diego Ulissi 5. Rui Costa 6. Alessandro Covi 7. Maximiliano Richeze 8. Rui Oliveira |
WHAT IS ON THE LINE?
MAGLIA ROSA
It’s been the leader’s jersey since 1931. A world icon. A page made of pink fabric, where the history of cycling has been written over the past 90 years.It’s the dream of every child who starts riding a bicycle. It’s the dream of every rider taking to the start of the Giro d’Italia every year.
MAGLIA AZZURRA
Unsurprisingly, the best climber’s jersey is as blue as the sky.Because when you’re pushing to the KOM and you feel that strength is failing, the blue sky above becomes your guiding light, your aim, the goal that keeps you going. And a patch of sky will be the reward.
MAGLIA CICLAMINO
Awarded to the leader of the points classification, this jersey is usually a sprinters’ thing.Flashing as a powerful sprint, yet as gentle as hope, it bears the colour of a fall-blooming flower. It represents the determination and grit it takes to be at the front every time, at each intermediate sprint, at each bunch sprint, to and through the final stage.
MAGLIA BIANCA
The jersey for the best young rider is white, just like the sum of all colours. It holds all hopes and dreams.It is, at once, a prize and a wish. A blank page for a new, exciting chapter to be written.
TEAM CLASSIFICATION
Although there is no Jersey for the Team Classification award, there is a strong competition each year for the red labelled numbering as the peloton competes to finish the entire race in the quickest combined time, come the finish line in Verona.
