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Portugal’s sunny getaway

Algarve bike tours.

The Algarve is the southernmost region of Portugal and is often considered Europe’s sunniest spot. Dotted with Moorish-inspired buildings, Roman ruins, and ancient walled towns, there are sites to be seen at every corner. The landscape is equally-breathtaking, with mountains, inlets, natural lagoons, beaches, limestone caves, and the blue-green ocean. You won’t go hungry, either: the region is known for its seafood, oranges, figs, and almonds, as well as four distinct types of local wine.

The sunny weather and Mediterranean sea breezes draw cyclists from around the world every year. You’ll pedal on dedicated bike paths and side roads with little traffic across the coastline and into the rolling hills. Cycling in much of the Algarve is suitable for families with children, and there are also tours for cyclists looking for a challenge.

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“Cycling through the Algarve was outstanding. What a perfect place to tour by bike. The people are kind and the scenery is outstanding. The challenge of riding made the trip better than I expected. Every day was different scenery and terrain.”

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Portugal — Rolling hills & coastal views

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Self guided from EUR € 1130

Self-guided: Daily: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2024 (minimum 2 persons)

Description: Experience Portugal's 'Ecovia do Litoral', a cycle route linking Vila Real de Santo Antonio on the Spanish border with Cabo de Saifo Vicente (Sagres) in the west. The Algarve is often said to be Europe's sunniest spot offering year-round cycling for…

Best of the Algarve by Road Bike

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Description: This romantic road bike tour is your one-stop-shop for discovering the alluring beauty of the Algarve. Designed as a self-guided riding experience covering 60-70 km each day, you'll take advantage of a fantastic network of quiet tarmac roads stretching…

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Top 10 Bike Rides and Cycling Routes at the Algarve

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Cycling at the Algarve is one of the most enjoyable ways to explore more of this part of Portugal. So you can find your perfect Algarve bike ride, we’ve reviewed our full collection of cycling routes in the region to deliver the best. Just click on each route to see a full breakdown of detailed information including elevation profiles and surface analyses, and browse real tips and photos uploaded by other members of the komoot community.

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De Cabana de Tavira até Vila Real de Santo António — percurso circular

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Ponte antiga / romana 🌉 tavira – park formosa loop from olhão, cabo de sao vicente – cabo de são vicente loop from fairviews village @ boavista, cacela velha – ponte antiga / romana 🌉 tavira loop from monte gordo, flor de sal algarve – heidelandschaft, alte salinen loop from porta nova, lagos – marina de lagos loop from portimão, natur pur – ecovia loop from boliqueime, natur pur – ecovia loop from vale do lobo, praia do beliche – cabo são vicente loop from agres.

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• Mexilhoeira Grande
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• São Brás De Alportel
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• Santa Bárbara De Nexe
• Santa Catarina Da Fonte Do Bispo
• Moncarapacho
• Lagos (Santa Maria)
• Loulé (São Sebastião)
• Cabanas De Tavira
• Armação De Pêra
• Santo Estêvão
• Monte Gordo

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Algarve Cycling Retreat: A 3-Day bike tour in the south of Portugal

Highlights:.

Immerse yourself in an exciting 3-day cycling retreat located in the vibrant town of Lagos, where you'll be able to explore both Algarve's coast and countryside, creating an ideal haven for cycling enthusiasts.

Each day invites you to tailor your adventure, choosing from an array of flexible routes that cater to every level and preference. Explore the charm of Lagos, where the historical center offers a delightful blend of local culture and modern amenities. With the option to glide along coastal roads, conquer mountain trails, or effortlessly explore on e-bikes, the choice is yours.

Your cycling journey takes you to Fóia, the highest point in the Algarve, via picturesque back roads and charming villages. Traverse the undulating Monchique Sierra, soaking in panoramic vistas and the peaceful serenity of the countryside.

Venture to Sagres, Portugal's southernmost point, where maritime history comes to life. Explore the historic fortress, witness dramatic cliffs, and ponder the significance of this coastal gem in Portuguese culture.

Discover the wonders of the Vicentina Natural Park, where epic cliff views await at Arrifana and Amoreira. Feel the thrill of coastal exploration and the cultural richness embedded in each landscape.

As the sun sets, return to the inviting allure of Lagos. Unwind by the sea, savoring the perfect blend of history and modernity that defines this coastal town. Whether indulging in gastronomic delights or exploring the vibrant energy of the historical center, Lagos offers a multitude of activities to enhance your retreat.

Extend your journey into the heart of Portugal's culture by exploring Lisbon, just a stone's throw away. This 3-day cycling retreat promises not just a ride but an immersive experience, where every pedal stroke reveals the rich tapestry of the Algarve's diverse landscapes and cultural treasures.

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Bike tour in Algarve - cycling Algarve's coastline by the Eurovelo

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This route integrates the EuroVelo1, and is implemented using existing bike paths, low traffic roads and macadam trails and which will lead you by magnificent landscapes along the Algarve coastline. Along the route, you'll experience the most beautiful postcards of the Algarve and marvel at the majestic cliffs that provide a breathtaking view of some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, as you explore the coastline from Sagres to Vila Real de Santo António.

In this Bike Tour in the Algarve, you'll discover Portugal's coastline through the most stunning trails split in 5 stages where you'll get to experience our country's origins, from it's the Arabic past to the age of the Navigators.

Arrival at Faro airport and transfer to Sagres village, located on the southernmost point in Portugal, where the Portuguese sailors learned how to sail the caravel in the XV Century and discovered new worlds. The transfer to Sagres leave at 3pm (if you prefer the transfer at other time please contact us). The transfer to Sagres takes approx. 1h. Upon your arrival at the hotel, our staff will make a brief introduction and briefing of your travel and will give you all the necessary support documentation and hand you the bikes.

Day 2 - Sagres - Lagos 45kms / 28mi

After a delicious and relaxing breakfast with a glorious view over the sea start this day stage towards north to Vila do Bispo, village where the famous conquer Vasco da Gama lived. It is one the few places in the Algarve where the wild nature blended with the historic and cultural heritage remains intact. Cycling southern toward the coastline again you will pass small traditional villages as Figueira, Burgau and Aldeia da Luz, through the narrow roads in the small and very typical country side villages that you’ll pass and their distinctive architecture and painting – white washed houses with bands of color around the windows and doors. Just before you arrive in Lagos don’t miss the opportunity to visit the Ponta da Piedade, of the Algarve famous postcards.

Day 3 - Lagos - Armação de Pêra 60kms / 37.5mi

If you enjoyed the city of Lagos, one of the most preserved traditional cities of the Algarve, you will definitely be amazed about what’s to come! In this day you start cycling close to the golden sand beach of Meia Praia and then along the Alvor bay to reach the famous Praia da Rocha. Then you briefly enter in Portimão city following the Arade river. Crossing to the other side of the river you will find Ferragudo an ancient small fishing village full of histories to tell. Take some time to taste the fresh fish or seafood just catch early in the morning before you proceed. Just a few miles away you will pass by Lagoa, land of wine and traditions. Cycling towards the coastline again you will pass by Senhora da Rocha, another famous postcard of the region.

Day 4 – Armação de Pêra - Faro - 55kms / 38mi

Start the day with panoramic views over the Albufeira touristic city and it’s passionate coast. In this stage you will cycle along the central area of the Algarve and will be noticeable how the landscape changes as you pass from the barlavento to the sotavento area of the Algarve. The cliffs are replaced by extensive sand beaches as you get to Vilamoura. As Albufeira this is a famous summer destination and passing by the Marina you will clearly understand why it is.. Just beside Vilamoura you will find Quarteira, not so exquisite but it has a long lovely boardwalk by the sea. Don’t miss the local typical fish market every morning.

Proceeding along the coastline it’s time to pass by the most luxurious area of the Algarve, Vale do Logo and then Quinta do Lago. Arriving the lake you will meet your “new travel partner “, the Ria Formosa. In an amazing scenery, you will keep riding until you arrive in Faro, the capital of the Algarve. Once in Faro, the capital of the Algarve, ride around the charming cobblestone streets and see the Arco da Vila.

Day 5 - Faro - Tavira - 47kms / 29mi

Leaving Faro you´ll cycle through the unspoiled coastal countryside and quaint fishing villages to your next destination, Tavira. As you ride the natural park of Ria Formosa and its wonderful colors, discover why it was elected one of the 7 Natural Wonders of Portugal with its abundant wildlife. Last stop of the day is Tavira, a town sometimes called the 'Venice of the Algarve' after its location that straddles the River Gilão. Rich in history, you will find Roman bridges, Renaissance churches, and historical monuments.

Overnight at Tavira.

Day 6 - Tavira - Vila Real de Santo António (Monte Gordo) - 47kms / 29mi

The last cycling day will be special! An outstanding scenery with a lovely natural beauty but also with an impressive cultural and historical heritage. Leaving the city of Tavira by the salt production fields in the Ria Formosa you will pass by a small traditional village called Cabanas de Tavira. Then you will arrive at most stunning place of this travel, Cacela Velha. An historical place located over one of the world’s most beautiful beach Proceeding your ride you will pass by the villages of Manta Rota and Altura, very popular in summertime before you ride north to the Castro Marim nature reserve. Cycle along the beauty scenery and then arrive in Vila Real de Santo António where the Guadiana river is the natural boarder between Portugal and Spain. Just 2 miles away and again by the sea you will arrive at your final destination Monte Gordo.

Overnight at Monte Gordo.

Day 7 – Departure

After your breakfast it’s time to say goodbye to the Algarve.

The van transfer to Faro Airport is scheduled at 10AM ( contact us if you require any other timing)

What's included

• 6 nights of accommodation and breakfast at local B&B's in shared double accommodation (half board available upon request);
• Mountain or touring bike rental for 7 days;
• Airport transfers from Faro, on 1st and departure day;
• Private briefing and bike fitupon your arrival;
• Road book with suggestions of restaurants and attractions during your tour;
• 1 Garmin GPS with previously loaded tracks, adapted to your riding experience (1 GPS per group);
• Bike helmet and other gear (tire levers, spares, air pump);
• 24hour remote assistance with our local crew;
• Rear rack and 2X 20L waterproof saddle bags for you to carry your luggage on all bikes;
• Ride insurance (for accidents only);
• Mountain or touring bike rental for 7 days: 140EUR per bike/person;
• E-bike supplement: 7 day e-bike rental: 224EUR per bike/person;

890 EUR per person (minimum booking of 2 pax)

Single supplement: 300EUR/guest

High season supplement ( from June to September): 150EUR/guest

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Self Guided Bike Tours Portugal

Embark on a journey of discovery with our meticulously designed self-guided bike tours in Portugal, showcasing the radiant Algarve region.

The Algarve, renowned for its bountiful sunshine exceeding 3000 hours annually, holds a rich array of historical sites to visit. As you cycle through the picturesque trails, you’ll be enchanted by the harmonious blend of pristine beaches, charming towns, delectable cuisine, and vibrant culture that makes Portugal such a rewarding travel destination.

Algarve Bike Tours: Crafting Memorable Portugal Cycling Holidays

The Algarve packs many delightful surprises for cycling enthusiasts. The well-curated routes on our Algarve bike tours are your passport to an unhurried exploration of this magnificent coastline.

Each pedal stroke on your cycling trip in Portugal invites a range of new experiences, painting your Portugal cycling holiday with hues of adventure, relaxation, and profound appreciation for the region’s timeless beauty.

Prefer the idea of touring multiple European countries on a single biking adventure? Consider our Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia Cycling Tour .

Continue reading below to explore this tour’s full itinerary. If you have any questions, please get in touch . 

What's Included

• Transfers to and From Faro Aiport
• 7 Nights Lodging
• 7 Breakfasts
• Hybrid Bike
• One GPS per group
• Daily luggage transfers
• Enjoy 6 days of easy cycling
• Taste food fresh from the ocean
• Discover Portuguese history and culture
• Bask in the Sun

Pick Up/Drop Off

Faro/Tavira

Available year around

Single Supplement $400.00-1200.00

E-Bike: $250.00

Our Cycling Trip in Portugal Itinerary

Day 1 arrival in faro.

One of our representatives will meet you at the Faro airport for the transfer to Sagres. Sagres is a beautiful village located in the extreme southwest of Europe and is surrounded by nature. Rich in history, Sagres was considered the end of the world in the 13th century it is now a surfer town with laid-back charm. Take time to visit the lighthouse perched on cliffs towering 200 feet above the ocean.

Lodging:  Hotel Memmo Baleeira

Day 2 Cape St. Vicente to Lagos

Today’s destination is Lagos, a charming town with Moorish walls at surrounding the lively city center. Your ride will take your though Vila Do Bispo another great stop with a 16th-century church and many houses typical of the region.

• Cycling 49 km
• Meals: Breakfast
• Lodging:  Hotel Tivoli Lagos

Day 3 Lagos to Alvor

With only 30 km to ride today spend the morning enjoying the cafes of Lagos before pedaling into the countryside towards  Alvor. Founded in 436, Alvor is a classic Portuguese fishing village full of history and old-world charm. Today’s destination is Portimao, historically a shipbuilding center, the warfs have been transformed into lovely waterfront paths. Considered the big city (50,000 residents) Portimao offers some great shopping on pedestrian streets as well as more fresh seafood.

• Cycling: 31 km
• Lodging:  Hotel Tivoli Portimao

Day 4 Salgados Lagoon and Albufeira

Your day begins cycling towards Salgados Lagoon where you can enjoy a nature walk and see a wide variety of bird species. No visit to Southern Portugal is complete without a visit to the beach. Today is the perfect day for that. Your destination tonight is Albufeira, the resort capital of the Algarve region. Albufeira is more than just a resort town it also offers a charming old town with a wide variety of restaurants.

• Cycling: 46 km
• Lodging:  Hotel Pedra dos Bicos

Day 5 Albufeira to Faro

Your day begins with a visit to the Ria Formosa Natural Park, one of the 7 natural wonders of Portugal. Take time for a boat ride before cycling onto Faro. There is plenty to do in this charming old city. Be sure to visit the “Bone Chapel” as well as the cathedral.

• Cycling: 47 km
• Lodging:  Hotel Eva

Day 6 Faro to Tavira

Your ride begins cycling through a number of small fishing villages. Octopus is the specialty of this region so make sure to stop for some overlooking the ocean. Tonight’s destination is Tavaria, the ambitious can plan to visit the towns 36 churches while the less enthusiastic can enjoy the sun and the cafes.

• Cycling: 34 km
• Lodging:  Hotel Vila Gale Tavira

Day 7 Onto Spain

Today is a day with stunning scenery as you will enjoy stunning views from Cancela Vehla before cycling to Vila Real de Santo Antonio. Rebuilt after an earthquake in 1755 it is still a beautiful town. Pedal across the border into Spain before catching a train back to Tavira.

• Cycling: 41 km

Day 8 Departure

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Touring Bike

Looking beyond the tourist spots there’s an almost undiscovered world of traditional villages and rural landscape interconnected by quiet roads, ideal for tour biking. For a more leisurely holiday, there’s a cycle route along the stunning coast, which Algarve Bike Holidays has adapted to show off the ‘best bits’.

Mountain Bike

Looking for a more challenging off road experience? There is an endless network of dirt tracks that stretch the length of the Algarve. Plus, we have some of the finest single tracks right on our doorstep and excellent technical tracks for the most serious die-hard mountain bikers.

Road biking is one of the most popular sports in Portugal. With low-density traffic, long and short climbs, varied terrain, smooth tarmac roads and traditional cafes, the Algarve is fast becoming the ‘go to’ destination. The warm climate makes it ideal for a winter camp, too.

Guided/Self-guided? Most of our clients like to travel independently, so the majority of our holidays are self-guided.  But we also run a number of professionally guided events and group tours throughout the year for those who have limited time or who are looking to push the boundaries. They are fully guided and with support vehicles and luggage transfer.

Bespoke Itineraries and Group Travel: We love the challenge of creating a specific itinerary for people who are looking for that something special from their holiday. The possibilities really are endless. Just let us know what you have in mind and we will work together with you to create the perfect trip.

Half Day Guided Tours: We also run daily tours and provide transfers to and from your accommodation in the Central Algarve, bike and helmet hire.

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Guadiana River Touring Bike Holiday

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Best of the Algarve 7 nights

Coastal Route 7 nights

Activity: Self guided touring holiday Bike type: Touring bike (optional e-bike) Duration: 7 nights, 6 days cycling Activity Level: Intermediate

Coast & Hills

Activity:  Self guided road bike holiday Bike type:  Road bike (optional e-bike) Duration: 7 nights, 5 days cycling Activity Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Why Cycle with Algarve Bike Holidays?

• We offer a range of cycle tours on road bike and mountain bike
• Our friendly guides are local cyclists with an unrivalled local knowledge
• We have over 20 years’ experience of cycling in the Algarve
• Our focus is on quality and value for money
• Our flexible approach can cater for your specific needs

TripAdvisor Reviews

7 day algarve coastal cycle holiday.

Completed the 7 day coastal tour over xmas enjoying a sunny 20 degrees each day. Definately recommend algarve bikes. The organisation. Bikes. Routes. Assistance and hotels were excellent. Any questions or alterations you want to make, speak to paul.

Date of experience: December 2019

3 days guided ride

Just finished a great 3 days cycling With Algrave Bike Holidays. The whole process start to finished was hassle free, Paul put together a custom package for 3 days that took care of everything. Our guide Marco was great, good company and the routes we went were really good. On the second day we headed to Serra de Monchique mountains and cycled from sea level to the summit of Foia at 902 meters, which had great views. The bike were great and the hotel was very nice.

Date of experience: January 2020

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We’re in Albuferia, the heart of the Algarve

Algarve Bike Holidays is located on the outskirts of the coastal city of Albuferia. You can cycle from the shop and explore the central Algarve region of Portugal. A range of tours are available from easy scenic tours around the Ria Formosa to more challenging tours with off road and single tracks. Our tours include bike hire, insurance and also transfer from and back to your holiday accommodation within the central Algarve region.

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Algarve Bike Tour

Scenic Cycling on Portugal’s Southern Atlantic Coast

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Tour Highlights

• Experience the essence of Algarve cuisine during a cooking class paired with regional wines
• Boat out to a natural lagoon with stops at Atlantic sandbanks and the oyster beds of Ria Formosa
• Enjoy a guided visit in the market town of Loulé and connect with local craftsmen
• Meet Octávio—a sustainable surfboard shaper to the pros—and learn about his specialty trade
• Relax on a private beach or sip poolside cocktails while overlooking the Atlantic

Seafood and fish cataplana, local sardines grilled with a pinch of salt, red-wine stewed octopus from Santa Luzia, fresh oysters from Ria Formosa, and black pork raised in the Algarve’s cork forests

Medronho liqueur from wild arbutus fruit, local craft and national beers, crisp white wines made from Arinto, and fruit-forward reds using Aragonês and Touriga Nacional grapes

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Faro Pre-Tour Package

Welcome to Faro! Spend the day exploring this culturally rich and historic city at your leisure, then get settled in downtown Faro at the luxurious 3HB Faro. At sunset, find your way to the hotel’s rooftop for stunning views of the city and the Ria Formosa nature park. In the morning, breakfast will be included at 3HB before your DuVine tour begins. The amount listed is the starting price and subject to availability.

Inclusions: Hotel, Breakfast Accommodations: 3HB Faro Price per person in double occupancy:  $165 Price in single occupancy: $310

To reserve call +1 888 396 5383 or email your Tour Coordinator

Olá to the Islands

Meet your guides in Faro, then transfer to the luxury hotel that we’ll call home for the next three nights. Our adventure begins with a quick ride to Olhão, the fishing town where we board a boat bound for the deserted tip of Culatra Island. Clams and oysters are the star cultivars of Culatra, thanks to its unique position separating the tidal estuary of Ria de Formosa natural park and the Atlantic Ocean. You’ll get to try some for yourself when we take a seat for a seafood lunch on the island. As we head back to shore (and depending on the tides), our skipper will show us the Ria oyster beds and share everything he knows about oyster cultivation. After, bike or transfer back to our hotel and squeeze in some time by the pool or stroll the property gardens. Tonight, we toast the week ahead with a welcome drink, followed by a fabulous farm-to-fork dinner.

Meals : Lunch / Dinner Destinations : Moncarapacho, Olhão Accomplished : 8 miles / 13 km, elevation gain: 226 feet / 69 meters Longer Option : 19 miles / 31 km, elevation gain: 994 feet / 303 meters Accommodations : Vila Monte

Surf and Sip

Fuel up with a hearty breakfast and a steaming cup of coffee before we begin today’s climb inland to the town of São Brás de Alportel. Portugal’s legendary surfing spots have recently piqued the public interest, and our friend Octávio’s trade is one of the most unique in Portugal—or anywhere. We’ll visit the workshop where he custom-shapes cork and other sustainable surfboards for renowned professional surfers like Alex Botelho. Back on our bikes, we continue riding on spectacular country roads to a tiny hamlet where we stop for a delicious tapas-style lunch of fresh salads, home-cured olives, and fruity Portuguese wine—all prepared by our friends Maria and Zé. Ride or transfer back to the hotel before an eventful evening learning how to cook traditional cuisine from the Algarve, paired with wines from the region.

Meals : Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner Destinations : São Brás de Alportel, Moncarapacho Accomplished : 25 miles / 41 km, elevation gain: 1,260 feet / 384 meters Longer Option : 32 miles / 52 km, elevation gain: 1,528 feet / 466 meters Accommodations : Vila Monte

The Artisans of Loulé

Get an early start with our morning ride to the market town of Loulé. Inhabited since the late Paleolithic period, Loulé became an important trading post for the Phoenicians and Carthaginians before the arrival of the Romans. Later, the Moors made it their stronghold until the 13th century, when it was conquered by the king of Portugal. Today, Loulé’s history is on full display: our local guide João will take us on a tour of the town’s medieval streets and ancient ramparts, visiting the lively indoor market and artisan handcraft producers that have gravitated to Loulé over the years. After lunch, go 600 feet underground to visit the Loulé salt mines before we hop in the van back to our hotel. Dinner tonight is back in Loulé, where we’ll start with a sunset apéritif followed by a rooftop dinner.

Meals : Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner Destinations : Loulé Accomplished : 19 miles / 31 km, elevation gain: 1,417 feet / 432 meters Longer Option : 36 miles / 58 km, elevation gain: 2,394 feet / 730 meters Accommodations : Vila Monte

Coasts and Rivers: Between Spain and Portugal

Today we’ll bike east, loosely following the Atlantic coast towards Spain and the Guadiana River that separates the two countries. Pedal into Tavira, known as Venice of the Algarve: we’ll have coffee and head out by way of the famous bridge that lends the town a little medieval romance. Next, reach the picturesque coastal village of Cacela Velha, called one of Portugal’s prettiest coastal villages by Condé Nast. Fill your lungs with some sea air, then continue eastward to Vila Real de Santo António, a town situated right where the river meets the sea. Our well-deserved lunch is served at the Beach Club, a breezy bohemian spot with unobstructed views across the river to Spain. Our next hotel is just a short ride away, an artfully restored Grand Dame built during the Belle Epoque and overlooking the Guadiana River. This evening, enjoy dinner on your own at one of the countless restaurants in town.

Meals : Breakfast / Lunch Destinations : Santa Luiza, Tavira, Cacela Velha, Vila Real de Santo António Accomplished : 35 miles / 57 km, elevation gain: 1,266 feet / 386 meters Longer Option : 37 miles / 60 km, elevation gain: 1,312 feet / 400 meters Accommodations : Grand House Hotel

Cruising the Guadiana

Eager to add some extra miles to our final day of cycling? Warm up your legs with an early ride, or start later on today’s route that follows the Guadiana River upstream to the fortified town of Alcoutim. Alcoutim was once a safe haven for smugglers of coffee and alcohol, spirited across the river between Spain and Portugal. Lunch is served at the aptly-named Contrabandista restaurant—although the menu leans more on fresh salads and fish than Iron Age contraband. If time allows, we’ll check out the town’s 13th-century castle for striking views all the way to Spain. Then, board a boat for a river cruise right back to our hotel. Tonight we toast our week together at the rooftop bar before heading down to an elegant meal in the hotel’s Grand Salon.

Meals : Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner Destinations : Alcoutim, Castro Marim, Vila Real de Santo António Accomplished : 28 miles / 45 km, elevation gain: 1,958 feet / 597 meters Longer Option : 43 miles / 69 km, elevation gain: 2,752 feet / 839 meters Accommodations : Grand House Hotel

Adeus, Algarve!

After a final gourmet breakfast, choose to extend your stay at our final hotel or catch a ride with your guides back to Faro for your journey home.

Meals : Breakfast Destinations : Faro

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Giro d'Italia 2024 – the comprehensive team guide

T he first Grand Tour of 2024 gets underway on May 4th when the Giro d'Italia begins in Turin. Tadej Pogačar is the main attraction as he makes his Giro debut as part of an attempt to win both the Tour of Italy and Tour de France.

UAE Team Emirates aren't the only outfit to watch, with prime contenders coming from Ineos Grenadiers who will be backing last year's runner-up Geraint Thomas, and Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale behind leader Ben O'Connor.

Visma-Lease a Bike come into the race missing Wout van Aert and hoping that Cian Uijtdebroeks can challenge for the GC, and Movistar's newest hire, Nairo Quintana, is chasing stages after separating his collarbone in a crash at the Volta a Catalunya and lacking the form to race for the overall classification.

Other teams will be fully focussed on stage wins or minor classifications like the points, mountains or new Intergiro competition.

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Alpecin-Deceuninck

• Team leader: Kaden Groves
• Objective: Stage wins, points classification
• Riders to watch: Quinten Hermans
• Riders: Kaden Groves, Tobias Bayer, Nicola Conci, Quinten Hermans, Jimmy Janssens, Timo Kielich, Edward Planckaert, Fabio van den Bossche

Kaden Groves leads Alpecin-Deceuninck into the fourth Grand Tour of his career following successes at both the Vuelta a España and Giro d'Italia over the previous two seasons.

Last year, the Australian enjoyed the best season of his career with seven wins, including two stages at the Volta a Catalunya and a victory in Salerno at this race. He'd round off his year with three wins and the points jersey at the Vuelta, confirming his arrival as one of the peloton's top sprinters.

This May, he heads back to Italy facing a sterner test with a far stronger field of sprinters than he faced in Spain, where Filippo Gann was often his closest competitor. He's also endured a slow start to the season, with no victories to date and ninth on stage 5 of the UAE Tour his sole top-10 placing.

Still, he's the main man for the Belgian team in Italy, and there's room to grow into the race with stage 5 looking like the first of five nailed-on sprint days (stages 3 and 4 look a tough ask for all but the hardiest fast men).

With the team's biggest stars Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen focussed on July's Tour de France, Welsford and the rest of his team will enjoy the freedom to get out and fight for stage wins across the three weeks, even if there are no real mountain goats in the squad.

Look out for Quinten Hermans in the hunt for stages. The Belgian hasn't since hit the heights of a 2022 season which saw him podium at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but he took his first win in two years at Itzulia Basque Country and he's strong in the hills.

Expect riders such as Edward Planckaert , Jimmy Janssens , and Tobias Bayer to figure in the lead-out train for Groves as well as heading out into the breakaway to seek their own chances. (DO)

Arkéa-B&B Hotels

• Team leader:  David Dekker
• Objective:  Stage wins
• Riders to watch:  Jenthe Biermans, Ewen Costiou
• Riders:  Jenthe Biermans, Louis Barre, Ewen Costiou, David Dekker, Donavan Grondin, Michel Ries, Alan Riou, Alessandro Verre

The French squad aren't one of the strongest squads in the WorldTour and that – plus their understandable focus on the Tour de France – shows in their Giro d'Italia selection.

The team are without their main stars in Classics man Luca Mozzato, sprinter Arnaud Démare, and hill climber Kévin Vauquelin. Instead, the eight-man squad is a definite 'B team', with Dutchman David Dekker likely their best chance at success.

Dekker has yet to win a race at professional level, though he did come close at the Giro last year, missing out in the stage 2 sprint as Jonathan Milan sped to victory. This year, his best results have been podium spots at the GP Monseré and a stage at the Région Pays de la Loire Tour.

Elsewhere, riders such as Jenthe Biermans and Ewen Costiou have both tasted success this year – at Pays de la Loire and the Route Adélie de Vitré – though neither will be among the first names anybody reaches for when tipping stage winners.

Look out for the team in breakaways, which figure to be their best chance at victory without a top-tier sprinter or climber on board. (DO)

Astana Qazaqstan

• Team leader:  Lorenzo Fortunato
• Objective:  GC top 15, stage wins
• Riders to watch:  Max Kanter
• Riders:  Simone Velasco, Davide Ballerini, Anthon Charmig, Lorenzo Fortunato, Max Kanter, Henok Mulueberhan, Vadim Pronskiy, Christian Scaroni

Climber Lorenzo Fortunato , he of the breakaway Monte Zoncolan victory three years ago, leads a struggling Astana Qazaqstan into the first Grand Tour of the season. The Kazakhstani squad is well down in the UCI rankings and will be desperate to pick up points in order to hang on to their WorldTour status in future.

The Italian represents their best chance at success on the GC and in the mountains here, having twice finished inside the top 16 during his time at Eolo-Kometa. He hasn't had much to shout about this season, barring a top 10 at Tirreno-Adriatico, though he does have GC success at the Vuelta Asturias and Adriatica Ionica Race on his palmarès. One to watch when the road angles upwards.

Fellow new signings for 2024, Davide Ballerini and Max Kanter , will be hoping for glory on flatter ground. The two fastmen won't have Mark Cavendish or Cees Bol to lead out here, but they'll instead hope to replicate recent success at the Tour of Turkey.

On stage 2, albeit among a far weaker sprint field than the Giro's, Ballerini led out Kanter for the German's first win in his new colours and indeed the first win of his career. Could the confidence boost bring him another victory in Italy?

Elsewhere, Italian champion Simone Velasco and fellow former Gazprom-RusVelo man Cristian Scaroni will be leading the team's charge in the breakaways and on hilly ground, though likely not so much in the higher mountains. (DO)

Bahrain Victorious

• Team leader:  Damiano Caruso
• Objective:  GC top 5
• Riders to watch:  Antonio Tiberi, Phil Bauhaus
• Riders:  Antonio Tiberi, Rainer Kepplinger, Phil Bauhaus, Damiano Caruso, Andrea Pasqualon, Wout Poels, Jasha Dimitri Sütterlin, Torstein Træen

As one of the more GC-focussed teams at the race, Bahrain Victorious look to head to Italy with at least a top 5 placing in Rome in their minds. 36-year-old Damiano Caruso , a veteran of 18 Grand Tours will lead the charge once again.

The Sicilian was a career-best second here three years ago and was fourth last time out, though over three minutes away from the last step on the podium. He figures to be the team's best bet for success this May, even if he's getting on in years and has shown very little in the way of form this spring, including at the Tour de Romandie.

Instead, plenty of eyes will be on Antonio Tiberi , the 22-year-old racer still known more for killing the San Marino Minister of Tourism's cat two years ago than anything he's yet achieved on the bike.

That could be slowly changing, however, given Tiberi's increasingly promising performances over the last two seasons. He was 18th at the Vuelta a España last year and took a top 10 in Catalunya in March before finishing third overall at the Tour of the Alps.

Given the swift progress he's been making, a top 15 or even top 10 might not be out of the question for Tiberi, though Caruso is still definitely the man most likely to bring home a major GC result. Wout Poels , sixth at the Tour of the Alps, is in good form, and could also show something, though likely not towards the top of the GC.

Watch out for Phil Bauhaus in the sprints. The German won a tough uphill sprint at Tirreno-Adriatico and has podiums to his name at the Tour Down Under and UAE Tour, too, so he should be in the mix on several flatter stages. (DO)

Bora-Hansgrohe

• Team leaders:  Sam Welsford, Dani Martínez
• Objective:  Stage wins, GC top 5
• Riders to watch:  Florian Lipowitz
• Riders:  Daniel Martinez, Giovanni Aleotti, Jonas Koch, Florian Lipowitz, Ryan Mullen, Maximilian Schachmann, Danny van Poppel, Sam Welsford

With Bora-Hansgrohe's big focus of the season being the Tour de France with new signing Primož Roglič and GC super-domestiques Jai Hindley and Aleksandr Vlasov, it's no surprise that the team's Giro squad has a distinctly 'B Team' feel.

Still, Dani Martínez is a capable GC rider who can count a Giro d'Italia top-five finish on his palmarès, and the team can have hopes of a similar result here.

Martínez endured a down year in 2023, even with a Volta ao Algarve overall win coming early in the spring. A second place and two stage wins at the same race this spring has been his finest display in 2024, though his form is a question mark given he hasn't raced since Tirreno-Adriatico six weeks ago.

Florian Lipowitz isn't a rider many would've felt the need to take note of even as recently as a week ago, but the German climber has made a breakthrough at just the right time, racing to fourth and then a very narrow second on the summit finishes at the Tour de Romandie. The 23-year-old is likely to end his third career WorldTour stage race with a podium and is now certainly one to watch on his Grand Tour debut.

Giovanni Aleotti and Max Schachmann will all be on hand for GC support while also being capable of striking out on their own when they get the chance.

Away from the GC battle, Australian sprinter Sam Welsford is the man to watch for Bora-Hansgrohe, with Ryan Mullen on hand as pilot fish. The 28-year-old has been a late bloomer, turning pro just two seasons ago, but has racked up four WorldTour wins since last summer.

The former track star made his Grand Tour debut at last year's Tour and the main objective of his second three-week outing this May will be adding a first Grand Tour stage win to his palmarès. (DO)

• Team leader:  Stefano Oldani
• Riders to watch:  Kenny Elissonde, Stanisław Aniołkowski
• Riders:  Stefano Oldani, Stanisław Aniołkowski, Nicolas Debeaumarche, Kenny Elissonde, Rubén Fernández, Simon Geschke, Benjamin Thomas, Harrison Wood

As is the case with Arkéa-B&B Hotels, it's a stretch to say that Cofidis are among the strongest squads at the Giro. Another French team, their Grand Tour priorities lie elsewhere, as shown in their squad selection.

There are no GC names or top-tier sprinters here. Instead, former stage winner and sole Italian in the lineup, Stefano Oldani , heads up the eight-man team. His only career win to date came at the Giro two years ago, triumphing from a large breakaway in Genoa for Alpecin-Fenix.

He's good in the hills and likes to take his chances in the sprints – at last year's Giro, he was in the break three times and scored five top-10 placings. So Oldani looks to be Cofidis' best bet for success here.

Outside of him, the team will be looking for breakaway chances, with a handful of veteran racers likely to lead the charge. Kenny Elissonde , Simon Geschke , and Rubén Fernández are the men in question, though none of the trio have yet taken a top-10 result in 2024.

Polish rider Stanisław Aniołkowski , newly signed from the defunct Human Powered Health team, is another name to watch. He's a fast finisher and has taken top-five results at the UAE Tour and Tirreno-Adriatico so far this season. (DO)

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale

• Team leader:  Ben O'Connor
• Objective:  GC podium
• Riders to watch:  Aurélien & Valentin Paret-Peintre
• Riders: Ben O'Connor, Alex Baudin, Aurélien Paret Peintre, Valentin Paret Peintre, Damien Touze, Bastien Tronchon, Andrea Vendrame, Lawrence Warbasse

Ben O'Connor can head into his first Giro d'Italia start since 2020 in high spirits, coming off the back of the best spring campaign of his career and with a first career Grand Tour podium spot well within his sights.

The Australian has a fourth place at the Tour de France on his palmarès but will be hoping to go at least one better this May, and he'll start the Giro full of confidence following a series of impressive results over the past two months.

After starting his season with a big solo win at the Vuelta a Murcia, he took second at the UAE Tour with a Jebel Jais stage win to boot. Recent outings in Italy have seen him finish fifth at Tirreno-Adriatico and second at the Tour of the Alps, and he now heads to Piemonte as the bookies' third favourite.

The 28-year-old will enjoy support from the Paret-Peintre brothers, Aurélien and Valentin , on a team which has already racked up more wins than they did in the entirety of the 2023 season.

Aurélien is responsible for the latest of these, winning the final stage at the Tour of Alps as Valentin finished fourth overall. His fifth place at Liège-Bastogne-Liège was another indicator of his strong form, and, aside from O'Connor the brothers will be ones to watch for the French team this May. 

Andrea Vendrame is the team's Italian representative with the 29-year-old always good for one top result per outing. Three years ago he scored a breakaway win in Bagno di Romagna and comes into the Giro with two second places at the Tour de Romandie under his belt – one in a hilly sprint, and another from a summit finish breakaway. (DO)

DSM-Firmenich PostNL

• Team leaders:  Fabio Jakobsen, Romain Bardet
• Objective: Stage wins, points classification, GC top 5
• Riders to watch:  Chris Hamilton, Tobias Lund Andresen
• Riders: Romain Bardet, Tobias Lund Andresen, Christopher Hamilton, Fabio Jakobsen, David max Poole, Timo Roosen, Julius van den Berg, Kevin Vermaerke

Dutch squad DSM-Firmenich PostNL will be among a number of teams heading to the Giro looking to strike a balance between racing for their GC man and racking up sprint stage victories.

For the latter, they'll look to new signing Fabio Jakobsen , the rider they revamped their sprint squad for over the winter as he joined from QuickStep. He'll make his Giro debut with six Grand Tour stage wins plus a Vuelta points jersey to his name, and he'll touch down in Piemonte as one of the top-tier sprint favourites.

Jakobsen has only tasted victory once so far in 2024 as he gets used to his new surroundings. He and his team will be hoping for more in Italy as his rivals there will pose a sterner test than the sprint field at the Tour of Turkey.

On the GC side, Romain Bardet can start his third Giro with renewed confidence after finishing his run-in to the race with a fifth place at the Tour of the Alps and having finished best of the rest behind Pogačar at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

The 33-year-old is far from a spent force at Grand Tour level, having finished sixth at the Tour de France just two years ago. Among this GC field, a top 10 or even a top 5 should be a realistic goal.

Elsewhere, look out for Chris Hamilton in the breakaways on hilly and mountainous terrain. The Australian likes to get out in long-range moves, picking his days at every Grand Tour he starts and will be aiming for an upgrade on his second place in Bagno di Romagna three years ago.

Second-year pro sprinter Tobias Lund Andresen is another to look out for. The Dane went to the Tour of Turkey as a lead-out man for Jakobsen but instead came away with three stage wins heading into his Grand Tour debut. (DO)

EF Education-EasyPost

• Team leader:  Hugh Carthy
• Objective:  Stage wins, GC top 10
• Riders to watch:  Simon Carr
• Riders:  Hugh Carthy, Alexander Cepeda, Stefan de Bod, Andrey Amador, Simon Carr, Esteban Chaves, Mikkel Honoré, Georg Steinhauser

Hugh Carthy leads the US squad into his seventh Giro as a man looking to recapture the form which saw him finish on the podium at the Vuelta a España four years ago.

The climber had looked on course for a similar result at the Giro in 2021 before fading during the final week and he has an eighth, a ninth, and a DNF to show for his past three outings in Italy.

It's a mountainous Giro, which suits Carthy, though the two time trials will likely see him shed minutes to other contenders. Another top 10 and a stage win – it'd be his first victory in three seasons – would be a great outcome.

Fellow Briton Simon Carr is the member of the squad who has the most to show for his season so far, having opened his season with a long breakaway win at the Trofeo Calvià and having pulled off a similar long-range break triumph in the mountains of the Tour of the Alps.

He'll certainly be off up the road during this, his third Giro, and it wouldn't be a surprise at all to see him add to his breakaway win tally.

South American racers Esteban Chaves and Alexander Cepeda are more than capable of pulling off a result in the hills and mountains, though neither have shown much sign of top form so far in 2024. Chaves' third place on the opening day of the Tour of the Alps is the strongest sign of form from either. (DO)

Groupama-FDJ

• Team leader:  Laurence Pithie
• Riders to watch:  Lewis Askey
• Riders:  Laurence Pithie, Lewis Askey, Cyril Barthe, Clément Davy, Lorenzo Germani, Olivier le Gac, Fabian Lienhard, Enzo Paleni

Yep, it's another French team shorn of their top leaders and a Groupama-FDJ squad missing David Gaudu, Stefan Küng, Valentin Madouas, and Lenny Martinez.

The team have opted for a young squad for the Italian Grand Tour, with 21-year-old second-year pro Laurence Pithie heading the lineup after a very impressive spring campaign. The New Zealander has scored 13 top-10 placings this season, including a win at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and a seventh place at his Paris-Roubaix debut.

As such, he's easily Groupama-FDJ's best chance at success at the Giro, even if he hasn't raced since Roubaix. Look out for him in breakaways and also in the sprint finishes, with the hillier finals slightly more to his taste than the pan-flat days.

Elsewhere, Lewis Askey looks the man most likely to challenge for a result. The 22-year-old has been quiet so far in 2024, but took a clutch of top 10s at the Vuelta a España last year and also finished second at Paris-Tours.

Other promising youngsters on the team, including 21-year-old Enzo Paleni and 22-year-old Lorenzo Germani, will likely be given free rein to learn and make breaks where they can. (DO)

Ineos Grenadiers

• Team leader:  Geraint Thomas
• Riders to watch:  Filippo Ganna, Thymen Arensman
• Riders:  Geraint Thomas, Thymen Arensman, Tobias Foss, Filippo Ganna, Jhonatan Narvaez, Magnus Sheffield, Ben Swift, Connor Swift

A year on from a devastating late loss of the maglia rosa in that Monte Lussari time trial, Geraint Thomas returns to the Giro d'Italia as the solid second favourite, behind the flying Tadej Pogačar but clear of the 'best of the rest' including Ben O'Connor, Damiano Caruso, Cian Uijtdebroeks, Romain Bardet, and more.

Once again, Thomas comes to the Giro having shown little in the way of Grand Tour-winning form, though slow – almost anonymous – starts to the season have been his modus operandi for some time now. Last year, he rounded out his Giro preparation with a spring-best 15th overall at the Tour of the Alps before finishing second to Primož Roglič. This time around he finished 13th.

Thomas is on track to challenge for the top placings, then. But how the team can take the fight to Pogačar remains unclear. The Slovenian's long-range solos and aggressive attacking style aren't a particularly good match for Thomas' steadier riding.

Thymen Arensman , sixth here last year, is a capable 'option 1b', though even in a two vs one fight, Pogačar should still be favourite. The Dutchman has looked good this spring, taking fifth at the Volta ao Algarve and sixth at Tirreno-Adriatico, and could be on for another high placing, depending on how much he'll be sacrificing himself for Thomas.

Elsewhere, six-time stage winner Filippo Ganna is impossible to ignore in a Giro with two time trials, even if the first of them concludes with 7km of climbing. Tour of the Alps stage winner Tobias Foss and Classics talents Magnus Sheffield and Jhonatan Narváez are all capable of adding stage wins to the team tally, depending on the freedom they're allowed. (DO)

Intermarché-Wanty

• Team leader:  Biniam Girmay
• Riders to watch:  Madis Mihkels
• Riders:  Biniam Girmay, Lilian Calmejane, Kevin Colleoni, Madis Mihkels, Simone Petilli, Adrien Petit, Dion Smith, Roel van Sintmaartensdijk

It has been two years since Biniam Girmay made history as the first Black African winner of a stage in the Giro d'Italia, and he's coming into this year's race as much less of an unknown.

A winner of a stage of the Tour de Suisse last year and the Surf Coast Classic after the Tour Down Under, Girmay missed out on any victories in his Tour de France debut. The Eritrean returns to the Giro d'Italia with high hopes and a team dedicated to delivering him to a win.

Should Girmay falter, then the team can look to Madis Mihkels . The Estonian has shown signs of form this year with a series of top-10 finishes from the Surf Coast Classic and Paris-Nice to Scheldeprijs and Paris-Roubaix.

Beyond those two riders, there's little else among Intermarché-Wanty's Giro squad to suggest a big result is on the way. The likes of Lilian Calmejane , Kevin Colleoni , and Dion Smith should be visible in the breakaways, though. (LW)

Israel-Premier Tech

• Team leader:  Michael Woods
• Riders to watch:  Simon Clarke, Nick Schultz
• Riders:  Michael Woods, Simon Clarke, Marco Frigo, Hugo Hofstetter, Riley Pickrell, Nadav Raisberg, Nick Schultz, Ethan Vernon

Israel-Premier Tech enjoyed a thrilling Giro d'Italia last year with Derek Gee lighting up the race by going on the attack in seven different stages and finishing second on four of them. Gee might not have won a stage but he was awarded the most combative rider award and earned valuable points toward the team's return to the WorldTour level in 2026.

Their GC hope will be Michael Woods , who last year staged a coup in the Tour de France to win the stage to Puy de Dôme from the breakaway. The Canadian would do well to target the second stage to the Santuario di Oropa and a shot at taking the maglia rosa .

The team will bring back Simon Clarke , a stage winner at both Tour de France and Vuelta a España who also went in several breakaways last year, coming closest on stage 6 when he and Alessandro De Marchi were caught in the final 300 metres. He'll be hoping once again to try and complete the Grand Tour stage win triple.

Nick Schultz , winner of the opening stage of the Volta a Catalunya, holding off Tadej Pogačar with a late burst to the line, is another rider capable of grabbing a stage win. In Ethan Vernon , winner of a stage in last year's Tour de Romandie, and Hugo Hofstetter , the team also has two men capable of challenging in the sprints. (LW)

Jayco-AlUla

• Team leaders:  Caleb Ewan, Luke Plapp
• Objective:  Stage wins, points classification, GC top 10
• Riders to watch:  Eddie Dunbar
• Riders:  Alessandro de Marchi, Edward Dunbar, Caleb Ewan, Michael Hepburn, Luka Mezgec, Lucas Plapp, Max Walscheid, Filippo Zana

Jayco-AlUla head into the Giro d'Italia with Australian champion Luke Plapp as their overall contender. The Australian champion has only one Grand Tour under his belt, a 95th-place finish at the 2022 Vuelta a España, so he's relatively untested.

He's had a strong spring, though, finishing sixth at Paris-Nice with a second place atop Mont Brouilly to boot, and also took third at the first summit finish at the Tour de Romandie last week. It may be a long shot for Plapp to challenge for the very top GC placings, though his team also enjoy several options for stage wins.

With the return of Caleb Ewan , the team have a formidable sprint presence and the team to back him up with Max Walscheid and Luka Mezgec among those providing the motors. Ewan has never finished a Giro despite five starts and five stage wins, though maybe this year will be his first as the team are sending Dylan Groenewegen and Michael Matthews to the Tour de France.

Expect Alessandro De Marchi to be on the attack, as is his style, after his successful solo breakaway in the Tour of the Alps. Eddie Dunbar , who finished seventh overall in the Giro last year, is the team's second go-to for the GC. However, the Irishman's run-up to the Grand Tour this spring has been somewhat disrupted by injury. (LW)

• Team leader:  Jonathan Milan
• Objective:  Stage wins, points classification, GC top 10
• Riders to watch:  Juan Pedro López
• Riders:  Jonathan Milan, Andrea Bagioli, Simone Consonni, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier, Daan Hoole, Juan Pedro Lopez, Jasper Stuyven, Edward Theuns

With the reigning maglia ciclamino added to their squad over the winter and a former maglia rosa holder heading to Piemonte in top form, Lidl-Trek can be confident as they get the first Grand Tour of the season underway.

Sprinter Jonathan Milan will lead the way for the US team this May having burst onto the scene last year with a stage win and four second places en route to the points classification win.

But for his relative lack of positioning experience, the Olympic/world/European track champion would have won even more last May, though this time around he'll have more help in the finals in the form of Simone Consonni , Jasper Stuyven , and Edward Theuns .

A couple of wins and points jerseys across the Volta a Valenciana and Tirreno-Adriatico suggest Milan hasn't lost a step since moving from Bahrain Victorious, and he'll begin the race as a top-tier sprint favourite.

Juan Pedro López enjoyed 10 days in the Giro lead two years ago on the way to a youth classification win and, if he didn't really kick on from that in 2023, he's heading back to Italy with both his first-ever race win and first-ever stage race win in his pocket.

The Spaniard beat the likes of Ben O'Connor, Antonio Tiberi, and Romain Bardet to comfortably conquer the Tour of the Alps to round out his Giro preparation, and he can look to the Giro now with more wins in his sights, and perhaps even a return to the overall top 10 in Rome. (DO)

• Team leader:  Nairo Quintana
• Objective:  Stage wins, GC top 15
• Riders to watch:  Fernando Gaviria, Einer Rubio
• Riders:  Nairo Quintana, Ruben Guerreiro, William Barta, Davide Cimolai, Fernando Gaviria, Lorenzo Milesi, Einer Rubio, Pelayo Sanchez

Movistar have brought back Nairo Quintana this season after the Colombian's disqualification from the Tour de France in 2022 left him teamless last year. They have been hoping that the 34-year-old can fill a gap as GC contender.

However, after his crash in the Volta a Catalunya, Quintana is in no shape to replicate years gone by – including his triumphant May in 2014 – and challenge for the highest GC placings.

Instead, the team will likely have to be content with targeting stage wins. Depending on his shape, Quintana might ride into form to be up there during the strenuous final week, while Fernando Gaviria will battle on the sprint stages. He's another rider battling to recapture his form of the past, having not won a Grand Tour stage in five years.

Einer Rubio is the team's GC dark horse. The last of three Colombians on the team, the climber was the winner of the severely shortened stage 13 to Crans-Montana at last year's Giro on the way to an 11th-place overall finish. He's been relatively quiet this spring, though, barring a couple of summit finish top 10s at the UAE Tour.

Elsewhere, Ruben Guerreiro is a frequent attacker and has the 2020 Giro mountains classification on his palmarès, while Will Barta , who won the final stage of the Volta a la Valenciana with a long solo breakaway, is another one to watch. (LW)

Polti-Kometa

• Team leader:  Matteo Fabbro
• Objective:  Stage wins, minor classifications
• Riders to watch:  Mattia Bais, Davide Bais
• Riders:  Matteo Fabbro, Davide Bais, Mattia Bais, Giovanni Lonardi, Mirco Maestri, Andrea Pietrobon, Davide Piganzoli, Jhonatan Restrepo

Wildcard squad Polti-Kometa are definitely underdogs in the Giro d'Italia and, like all good ProTeams, they'll surely be present in every breakaway attempt to put on a good show for the tifosi .

The team scored a rare wildcard stage win on their first Giro appearance three years ago, with Lorenzo Fortunato delivering the goods from the breakaway on Monte Zoncolan. He's moved on to the ailing Astana Qazastan this season, though, so the team will have to seek success elsewhere.

Matteo Fabbro is his prospective replacement, coming on board from Bora-Hansgrohe. The 29-year-old is a solid climber, though perhaps less talented than Fortunato. Fifth place at the 2021 Tirreno-Adriatico is a career highlight, while this year his top results are 10th at O Gran Camiño and 11th at the Tour of the Alps.

Davide Bais scored another stage win for the team at last year's Giro, triumphing from a three-man break on stage 7 at Gran Sasso d'Italia. His older brother Mattia is another man who loves a breakaway and he showed some good form recently with third place at the Giro della Romagna. Mirco Maestri and Tour Colombia stage winner Jhonatan Restrepo are further options for the breaks.

The team have to get lucky again to get into a breakaway that sticks to have a chance at another success like that, and aside from a stage win, they'll undoubtedly be on the hunt for another stint in the mountains jersey like Bais enjoyed last year. (LW)

Soudal-QuickStep

• Team leaders:  Julian Alaphilippe, Tim Merlier
• Objective:  Stage wins, points classification
• Riders to watch:  Mauri Vansevenant
• Riders:  Julian Alaphilippe, Josef Černý, Jan Hirt, Luke Lamperti, Tim Merlier, Pieter Serry, Bert van Lerberghe, Mauri Vansevenant

With Remco Evenepoel fully focussed on the Tour de France (and recovering from a broken collarbone from a crash in Itzulia Basque Country), Soudal-Quickstep start the Giro d'Italia with their eyes on sprints and stage wins.

Tim Merlier has been a huge asset to the team since joining from Alpecin-Deceuninck last year, racking up 18 wins since then. He provided their only spring Classics triumphs this year at Nokere Koerse and Scheldeprijs, and, having not raced a Grand Tour last year, will make his bow for the squad this May.

He's undoubtedly their focus for the sprints and a bid for another maglia ciclamino to go with those won by Paolo Bettini (twice), Mark Cavendish, Fernando Gaviria, and  Elia Viviani. Talented youngster Luke Lamperti will be a key part of Merlier's train.

Julian Alaphilippe has shown glimmers of good form in recent weeks and will lead the charge for stage wins on the hilly stages and in mountain-stage breakaways.

Jan Hirt , sixth here in 2022, is another prospect for the latter and, along with young talent Mauri Vansevenant – who comes off two top-10 finishes at the Ardennes Classics – is the team's best chance at a high GC placing in Rome. (LW)

Tudor Pro Cycling

• Team leaders:  Alberto Dainese, Michael Storer
• Objective:  Stage wins
• Riders to watch: Matteo Trentin, Marius Mayrhofer
• Riders:  Matteo Trentin, Alberto Dainese, Robin Froidevaux, Alexander Kamp, Alexander Krieger, Marius Mayrhofer, Michael Storer, Florian Stork

Tudor Pro Cycling have earned their entry into the Giro d'Italia with a truly competitive team in 2024. Veteran competitor Matteo Trentin is the most experienced in the team and, along with Alberto Dainese and Michael Storer , will be leading the charge for stage victories.

Dainese is a two-time Giro stage winner and also has a Vuelta a España stage on his palmarès. He made the move from DSM over the winter to have more freedom and will be well-supported for the bunch sprints this year. So far in 2024, he has one sprint win, coming at the Région Pays de la Loire Tour.

Another newcomer is Storer, who won two stages and the mountains classification at the 2021 Vuelta. The Australian has racked up top-10 finishes at the UAE Tour and Tour of the Alps and finished second on the hard mountain stage to Borgo Valsugana at the latter race.

Marius Mayrhofer , winner of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race last year, has several top 10s across races including Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and several stages of Tirreno-Adriatico. He'll have underlined a few of the stages with climbs before a flat finish in his road book, and of course, the always-aggressive Trentin will surely be on the attack on several days. (LW)

UAE Team Emirates

• Team leader:  Tadej Pogačar
• Objective:  Overall victory
• Riders to watch:  Juan Molano
• Riders:  Tadej Pogačar, Rui Oliveira, Mikkel Bjerg, Felix Großschartner, Vegard Stake Laengen, Rafał Majka, Juan Sebastian Molano, Domen Novak

If there's one team at the Giro d'Italia with a single obvious goal lying ahead of them, it's UAE Team Emirates, and Tadej Pogačar , who head into the race with the maglia rosa in mind. Given the season Pogačar has enjoyed so far, anything less than overall victory would be a disaster, especially with no Jonas Vingegaard or Primož Roglič around to challenge him. 

Despite the presence of another Tour de France winner on the start line, and with the entire Giro ahead of us, the main questions hanging over Pogačar's head seem to be 'How much can he win by?' and 'Can he conserve his energy to complete the Giro-Tour double in July?'

He's raced a limited schedule of just 10 race days heading to the Grande Partenza in Piemonte, but he's already won seven times, including dominant displays at Strade Bianche (an 81km solo), the Volta a Catalunya (by almost four minutes), and Liège-Bastogne-Liège (a 35km solo).

Nothing is set in stone in cycling and anything can happen over the course of three weeks of racing, but UAE Team Emirates have put all their eggs in the Pogačar basket this Giro for a reason. Rafał Majka and Mikkel Bjerg figure to be among his top domestiques.

Elsewhere, there's no sign of a Plan B with the team's squadron of talented GC riders absent from the start list. Juan Sebastian Molano and Rui Oliveira will be the go-to riders for the sprinter-friendly stages, though neither will be top favourites for victories in what is a very strong sprint field. (DO)

VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè

• Team leader:  Domenico Pozzovivo
• Objective:  Stage wins, GC top 10, minor classifications
• Riders to watch:  Giulio Pellizzarri
• Riders:  Domenico Pozzovivo, Luca Covili, Filippo Fiorelli, Martin Marcellusi, Alessio Martinelli, Giulio Pellizzari, Alessandro Tonelli, Enrico Zanoncello

At the grand old age of 41, Domenico Pozzovivo found another lifeline for his career in VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè, joining the team in late February after parting ways with Israel-Premier Tech over the winter.

It's been more than a decade since the Italian won a Grand Tour stage (at the 2012 Giro), but he has 24 Grand Tours in his legs and has been a consistent top-10 finisher, including eighth at the Giro two years ago.

A top-10 finish at the Giro would be a huge result for the team which has raced every Giro but one since the 1990s. If Pozzovivo can stay healthy and avoid crashes, he's certainly capable of such a result, having done so in the recent Giro d'Abruzzo and Settimana Coppi e Bartali.

Other riders capable of winning include Alessandro Tonelli , the only other rider over 30 in the young team, the winner of a stage in the Volta a la Valenciana this year. Enrico Zanoncello is a quick finisher who won the opening stage in Abruzzo.

The team won't be putting pressure on Giulio Pellizzari , but the 20-year-old is a talent on the rise and his eighth place in the Tour of the Alps is a very promising sign for a solid overall finish. (LW)

Visma-Lease A Bike

• Team leaders:  Olav Kooij, Cian Uijtdebroeks
• Objective:  Stage wins, GC top 5
• Riders to watch:  Christophe Laporte, Attila Valter
• Riders:  Christophe Laporte, Edoardo Affini, Koen Bouwman, Robert Gesink, Olav Kooij, Jan Tratnik, Cian Uijtdebroeks, Attila Valter

Visma-Lease a Bike's historic Grand Tour triple in 2023 will be exceedingly difficult to duplicate this time around with no Primož Roglič and Jonas Vingegaard recovering from his Itzulia Basque Country crash.

However, the 'killer bees' will be hoping that Cian Uijtdebroeks can live up to his promise as a GC hopeful that was so heavily touted in Belgium after his Tour de l'Avenir victory in 2022.

The 21-year-old finished eighth overall at last year's Vuelta a España, and so is making his Grand Tour debut following his contentious mid-contract transfer from Bora-Hansgrohe. He hasn't yet shown himself to be competitive against the likes of Tadej Pogačar this spring, his best results being fifth at O Gran Camiño and seventh at Tirreno-Adriatico, so he may have a mental disadvantage in that regard.

Sprinter Olav Kooij will make his Grand Tour debut after racking up 13 wins last year. He won't have Wout van Aert on lead-out duties but will be among the top favourites on the flat stages.

Elsewhere, Jan Tratnik and Attila Valter will be first on hand to provide support to Uijtdebroeks in the mountains, while European champion Christophe Laporte will be on lead-out duties as well as seeking stage wins of his own. (LW)