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Tour of the Alps 2024 - Stage 5 Highlights

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2023 Tour of the Alps (2.Pro), Italy & Austria

Formerly giro del trentino 46th edition: april 17 - april 21, 2023.

Tour of the Alps podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition | Start list Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

Friday, April 21: Fifth & final stage, Cavalese - Bruneck/Brunico, 144.5 km

Stage 5 profile

Simon Carr takes the final stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Bruneck/Brunico at 2:40 pm, local: 13C (55F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain.

The race: Aleksander Vlasov (Bora-hansgrohe) did not start. He his traveling to Belgium to ride Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday.

Here’s the race report from stage winner Simon Carr’s Team EF Education EasyPost

Simon Carr won the fifth and final stage of the Tour of the Alps with a beautiful solo attack.

The 24-year-old one-two’d the break with his German teammate Georg Steinhauser at the end of a wet, cold day in the mountains. Hugh Carthy joined them on the podium in Brunico after finishing second on the general classification.

It was a magnificent reward for the courage they showed all week.

In case there had been any doubt, this was a stage in the Tour of the Alps. Sirotti photo.

“I had been in the break on three occasions this week,” Simon said after his win. “I think I spent more time in the break than in the bunch, which has been good fun. This morning, I was really tired, so I was surprised to have those legs in the final, but I’m really happy I finished it off.”

Simon finished it off with style.

After a fast start out of Cavelese in the Italian province of Trentino, the race crossed into Sud Tirol via the Passo Lavazè. Georg had joined an early break but the peloton tore down the descent from top of the 1,808 meter col to the valley floor, taking the wet corners at high-speed and caught them. Simon went with the counter and Georg made it in too.

“This morning, we thought the break would have a chance to go to the line,” Simon said. “The plan was for me and Georg Steinhauser to go in the break, which is what happened. He was really strong in the start and got in the first move, but it was brought back after that first big climb, and then another break formed with both of us and that was exactly what we wanted so we were able to fight for the stage.”

Up the Valle Isarco and Val Pusteria, Simon and Georg just rolled through, but when their group hit the steepest grades of the final climb – the Rimolino – Simon rode away. He time trialled to the summit and down the fast, technical descent over the other side, while Georg marked moves behind him.

Simon had all the time in the world to zip up his jersey and raise his arms aloft to celebrate his second professional victory all the way down the final straight. A minute later, Georg flew into view and won the sprint for second. He celebrated Simon’s win like it was his own. Hugh rolled in with the GC contenders shortly thereafter to secure his second place in the overall competition. Alexander Cepeda was just behind him in fourth on GC.

The final GC podium, from left: Hugh Carthy (2nd), Tao Geoghegan Hart (1st) & Jack Haig (3rd)

Tao Geoghegan Hart wins the 2023 Tour of the Alps. Sirotti photo

Complete results:

144.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.798 km/hr

• GC winner: Tao Geoghegan Hart (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Points classification winner: Tao Geoghegan Hart (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Sergio Samitier (Movistar)
• Best young rider: Max Poole (Team DSM)
• Teams classification winner: Bora-hansgrohe

752.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.600 km/hr

Stage 5 profile:

Thursday, April 20: Stage 4, Roverato - Predazzo, 152.9 km

Stage 4 profile

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Weather at the finish city of Predazzo at 1:50 PM, local time: 8C (46F), cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 30% chance of rain.

The race: Two riders did not start: Max Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe) & Alessandro Santaromita (Green-Project-Bardiani)

Here's the stage summary from 4th-place Patrick Konrad's Team Bora-hangrohe:

For the first time this year a breakaway was allowed to battle for the stage win. On the first climb of the day 14 riders including Patrick Konrad went clear from the bunch. Their gap increased to more than four minutes before on the final climb the fight for the stage win began. Patrick Konrad was not able to follow a trio at the front and had to settle for 4thplace after taking the sprint from the chasing group. Gregor Mühlberger took the stage while there have been no attacks in the bunch behind and the general classification remained unchanged before the final stage of the race tomorrow.

Again, up into the mountains. Sirotti photo

“I was already part of the first break of the day which was reeled back in. Then, the big breakaway was already gone when I closed 45 seconds on the last three kilometers of the first climb. So, I had to spend a lot of energy early, aside from the effort from yesterday, which I was missing on the last climb, I think. Also, I still miss some race rhythm. I can go a good pace but it’s hard to follow attacks. Basically, I just couldn’t follow in the beginning of the last climb and was then around 20 seconds behind until the top. Anyway, it was not a bad day for us and in general we can be happy with our performance.” – Patrick Konrad

Gregor Muhlberger nails it! Sirotti photo

“We knew that the stage today had the potential for another change in the GC and wanted to put some pressure on Ineos. In the beginning the race was quite hectic and Aleks was after an attack in a group of five riders. But Ineos closed the gap and when the big break went the race started to calm down. There have been no real attacks among the GC favorites in the end as Ineos was really strong today, still, we had Patrick Konrad in the break. Unfortunately, he could climb with first three guys, and we had to settle for 4th place. But it was again a strong ride from the boys and there will be another chance tomorrow, I am sure.” – Christian Pömer, Sports Director

Stage four winner Gregor Muhlberger. Sirotti photo

Complete Results:

152.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.713 km/hr

608.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.737 km/hr.

Stage 4 profile:

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Wednesday, April 19: Stage 3, Ritten/Renon - Brentonico San Valentino, 162.5 km

Lennard Kamna takes the third stage.

Stage 3 profile

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Weather at San Valentino, near the finish at Brentonico San Valentino at 1:25 pm, local time: 11C (51F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 35% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Harm Vanhoucke (Team DSM) did not start today's stage.

Here's is the race organizer's stage three summay:

KÄMNA WINS IN BRENTONICO. GEOGHEGAN HART STILL IN GREEN Same as in 2022, the German racer from Bora-hansgrohe won the Tour of the Alps’ third stage (162.5 km from Ritten/Renon to Brentonico-San Valentino), ahead of teammate Vlasov and Ecuadorean racer, Jefferson Cepeda. Geoghegan Hart remains leader of a still-open general classification, with Carthy at 22" and Haig at 28".

If he were to bet on a number in roulette, Lennard Kämna would probably bet on the number 3. This seems to be the lucky number for the Bora-hansgrohe rider because last year, the German rider won the Tour of the Alps at the finish in Niederdorf/Villabassa, this year it was again the third stage, 162.5 km from Ritten/Renon to Brentonico San Valentino, that earned him the win.

Stretching from Südtirol/Alto Adige to Trentino on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, the Tour of the Alps delivered another spectacular stage, which was decided on the final climb to the Passo San Valentino. It was there, with 3 km to go, that the day's breakaway got caught and launched the final challenge for victory, which featured Lennard Kämna and Jefferson Cepeda (EF Education-Easypost).

The German rider got the upper hand with a final attack 300 meters from the line that left the Ecuadorean challenger in third behind another Bora-hansgrohe rider, Aleksandr Vlasov. Heading up the pursuit of the leaders was Tao Geoghegan Hart, who retains the Melinda Green Jersey as leader in the General Classification with two stages to go.

The GC still remains wide open. In fact, despite the elevation difficulties of the third stage, the top three remain bunched within just 28". Hugh Carthy (second at 22") and Jack Haig (third at 28") remain formidable opponents for Tao Geoghegan Hart and promise to do battle in the final two stages of the 2023 Tour of the Alps.

The road from Rovereto to Predazzo on Thursday, April 20, 2023, will see another spectacular stage of the Euro-regional race, which will once again deliver unforgettable sensations and scenery. The final verdict of this 2023 Tour of the Alps has yet to be handed down.

A WHITE-HOT PACE BURNS BETWEEN ALTO ADIGE AND TRENTINO After yesterday's fast stage, today was contested at full speed from the earliest kilometres. Only after 50 kilometres did the day's breakaway get a green light. Jasha Sutterlin (Bahrain Victorious), Juri Hollmann (Movistar Team), Andrea Vendrame (AG2R-Citroën), Lorenzo Milesi (Team DSM), Joe Dombrowski (Astana Qazaqstan), Riccardo Lucca (Green Project-Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè), Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Giovanni Carboni (Equipo Kern Pharma), Mattia Bais (Eolo Kometa), Lukas Pöstelberger (Austria), Alexander Hajek (Austria), and Liam Johnston (Trinity Racing) seized the opportunity to get out in front of the race.

The 12 escapees opened up a gap of 7'18" on the pass from Trento, when EF Education-Easypost took the reins of the peloton and closed the gap on the climb of Lago di Cei. On the subsequent descent a series of attacks were neutralized before Vendrame and Pöstelberger managed to gain a dozen seconds in a break at the foot of the final climb.

As soon as the road began to climb toward the Passo San Valentino, the AG2R-Citroën Italian rider attempted a solo sprint but was caught by Joe Dombrowski after a few kilometres of climbing. The two continued together for a few kilometres more before the U.S. rider pushed on solo.

The 31-year-old American rider from Astana Qazaqstan tried several times to stretch his lead, which became narrower as the kilometres ticked by and the group led by Bora-hansgrohe closed the gap.

With less than four kilometres to go, Lennard Kämna finally broke away from the lead group, trailed by Jefferson Cepeda. The two managed to gain up to 22" on the green jersey group until Tao Geogehgan Hart himself made a move.

By the last kilometre the lead had shrunk to 8" ahead of the small group consisting of the overall leader, Aleksandr Vlasov, Hugh Carthy, Jack Haig, and Lorenzo Fortunato. It was still enough of a gap to allow the Bora-hansgrohe rider to win the stage ahead of teammate Vlasov (+4"), who dominated Cepeda in the sprint for second place.

The Melinda Green Jersey wearer Tao Geoghegan Hart controlled the situation by finishing fourth ahead of Jack Haig and Hugh Carthy. Lorenzo Fortunato paid a few seconds for his seventh-place finish at 10" back from the day's winner. The sprint in the second group was commanded by Matthew Riccitello (Israel-Premier Tech) who managed to control the Würth White Jersey for the Best Young Rider, Max Poole (Team DSM), and Pavel Sivakov (INEOS Grenadiers).

Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën) paid the highest price, finishing 1'06" behind the day's winner, while Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) lost 32". Also lagging was Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Movistar Team) at 3'36".

However, the GC remains very tight, with nine athletes packed into 58". Behind Tao Geoghehan Hart there’s Carthy and Haig, with a promising Jefferson Cepeda, who also retains the Gruppo Cassa Centrale blue jersey for the best climber, in fourth place. Lorenzo Fortunato ascends to fifth place in the GC, 38" down from the leader but ahead of the Bora-hansroghe duo of Kämna-Vlasov at 45" and 49" respectively. The Manila Grace Red Jersey for the Points standings also remains on Tao Geoghegan Hart's shoulders.

COMMENTS “Winning stage 3 again was great for me as well as the whole team – said Lennard Kämna – as here we have many of the same guys headed to the Giro, so it seems we are heading in the right direction. Last year’s win was very special to me, but this one is my first coming out of the leaders’ group, so it’s certainly a confidence boost.”

“I have had a good season so far, and my projection is for the Giro: we will try to defend the title, and we want to try to be on the podium at least. Personally, I hope to go for the GC – I don’t know if it can aim for a top 3 or top 5, sure I want to be up there and show myself for the overall.”

“Sure we will try to do something in the last couple of days to claim the TotA overall: Vlasov and I are both in the top-10, and we will try to play our cards until Bruneck/Brunico.”

“Today we rode more conservatively,” explained GC leader Tao Geoghegan Hart,” the last climb didn’t have huge gradients to make a difference, and having the jersey we tried to stay on the defensive side a little bit rather than forcing the pace. A third stage win would have been nice, but the overall comes first. Tomorrow and Friday we will start with a big climb, and that changes the tactics a bit, but it won’t necessarily make the race harder to control.”

“Early this season I ended a stint of two years without victory, but I don’t think we should validate ourselves exclusively on the results. I think over this span I have done good things both as a person, a rider and a teammate even without winning, and there are incredible riders in the peloton who won little, or even no races, and that does nothing to affect their value, notably in today’s cycling in which the same guy can win many days in a row.”

Enjoying the show of the uphill finish in Brentonico – San Valentino were also Trentino’s Tourism Assessor Roberto Failoni, UEC President and UCI Vice President Enrico Della Casa and Italian Cycling Federation President Cordiano Dagnoni.

“The Tour of the Alps is an amazing showcase for our territory,” stated Assessor Failoni, “on a national and international scale. We are proud of this finish on a very important climb, that offered some stunning views and images. This is the first of many great events in our land, and that shows how much Trentino cares and invests in cycling.”

“The Tour of the Alps are great and perfectly organized races,” said President Della Casa, “that’s an enticing project that brings together two Nations and their populations. To me, the Tour of the Alps is already among the top races in the World, and I think its perspective should be to enter in the World Tour calendar within 2026.”

“We are proud of this race with an Italian soul and a cross-border perspective,” said President Dagnoni. “Events like this shed a light on amazing lands and courses, like the ones we discovered today and in the previous stages. The way great riders are interpreting this race tells volumes about the consideration and stature it has reached on the international scale.”

A FOURTH STAGE TOTALLY IN TRENTINO: FROM ROVERETO TO PREDAZZO After the spectacular Brentonico San Valentino finish, the Tour of the Alps remains on Trentino soil with a fourth stage that will take the athletes from Rovereto to Predazzo along 152.9 kms with 3610 meters of climbing.

The start will take place in the striking setting of Rovereto's MART, the city's museum of modern art. The day’s first rough patch will come up quickly with the Passo Sommo (Category 1 GPM of 15.7 km with a 7.3 percent average grade). This will only be the first taste because flat terrain is scarce in the fourth stage.

After the Lago di Santa Colomba climb and pass through Val di Cembra, the racers will enter Val di Fiemme to tackle the Pramadiccio Pass (Category 2 GPM of 9.7 km with 6.1 percent average grade), the iconic Marcialonga ascent. Once at the summit, there will be 15 km to the finish, divided between a very fast descent toward Tesero, a flat section toward Predazzo, and a final uphill kilometre.

162.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.993 km/hr

455.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.067 km/hr

Stage 3 profile:

Tuesday, April 18: Stage 2, Reith im Alpbachtal - Ritten/Renon, 165.2 km

Stage 2 profile | Stage 2 photos

Tao Geoghegan Hart wins the second stage wearing the GC leader's green jeresy. Jack Haig is just behind him. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Ritten at 2:05 PM, local time: 14C (57F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 17% chance of rain.

The race: 81 kilometers into the stage the riders are on Italian roads.

Here’s the stage two report from Aleksandr Vlasov’s Team Bora-hansgrohe:

On the second day of the Tour of the Alps, the longest stage of the race was on the program. The course covered 165.2 km, featuring two categorised climbs between the start in Alpbachtal in Austria and the mountain finish in Ritten / Renon, Italy. The last rider of the day's initial breakaway was brought back on the final climb, 7km from the finish. Lennard Kämna and Aleksandr Vlasov were part of the first group until 4 km to go, but then missed the decisive attack.

Both crossed the finish line 29s down on the winner and overall leader Tao Geoghegan Hart; Kämna ended up taking 10th, with Vlasov in 14th. Unfortunately Cian Uijtdebroeks was unable to take on today's stage due to illness.

“With another mountain finish, today was again a day for the GC. The aim was to make up places in the overall classification with Aleksandr Vlasov and Lennard Kämna. Unfortunately neither was able to follow the decisive attack 4km from the finish line. Aleks and Lenni came straight from altitude training camp and are using the race to prepare for the Giro d'Italia, so there is currently a lack of freshness. Still, we can't really be satisfied today and now we have to analyse what went wrong. Although we are disappointed, there are still three hard days to come in which a lot is possible for us!” Christian Pömer, Sports Director

Stage 2 photos

165.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.700 km/hr

292.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.338 km/hr

Stage 2 profile:

Stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

It's about time for Max Schachmann to race.

Tao Geoghegan Hart and his INEOS Grenadiers at the openeing team's presentation ceremony.

The Tour of the Alps offers such lovely panoramas.

Ouch! Time to go up.

And more up...

Into the woods...

INEOS rider Salvatore Puccio

Tao Geoghegan Hart got the jump on everyone else.

Tao Geoghegan Hart will start stage three in green.

Tao Geoghegan Hart on the podium after the race.

Monday, April 17: Stage 1, Rattenberg - Alpbach, 127.5 km/hr

Stage 1 profile | Stage 1 photos

Tao Geoghegan Hart draws the first blood.

Weather at the finish city of Alpbach at 2:30 PM, local time: 7C (44F), cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 14% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Tao Geoghegan Hart's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Tao Geoghegan Hart capped off a superb team effort to make it the perfect start at the Tour of the Alps, with victory on the opening stage.

The Brit timed his late burst to perfection to overhaul the move of Hugh Carthy on the final climb in Alpbach, taking a two-second stage victory and moving into the early race lead.

Geoghegan Hart was able to put the finishing touches to a brilliant team performance, which saw the Grenadiers on the front foot from the very start of the day.

Salvatore Puccio and Ben Swift got through a lot of work on the front of the peloton, keeping tabs on the day's breakaway. After Swift drove into the bottom of the climb, Laurens De Plus then took it up from the bottom of Kerschbaumer Sattel.

That pace significantly thinned out the bunch, but the work wasn't done, as Geraint Thomas arrived to help shut down a dangerous move from Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious). Carthy launched his move in the final kilometre, but Geoghegan Hart stayed calm and measured his efforts brilliantly to take the win. Teammate Pavel Sivakov finished sixth on the day, just six seconds back, and occupies the same position overall.

Tao Geoghegan Hart: "It was a good stage and we stayed calm in the final. Haigy was pretty strong but we saw the final yesterday, so I was pretty confident that we’d stick together. We made a nice race in the end.

"You don’t see too many climbs much steeper for five or six kilometres than we’ve just done there. So it’s not surprising that there wasn’t a big group at the front. There’s a lot of hard days to come here but it’s nice punchy stage to open up. I enjoyed it a lot, it was good weather in the end and beautiful roads, so it was nice."

Stage 1 photos

127.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.636 km/hr

Stage 1 profile:

Stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Hugh Carthy before the stage start.

A serious-looking Aleksandr Vlasov

Team Israel-Premier Tech is presented during the starting ceremonies.

The race is neutralized as it gets rolling through Rattenberg.

Some adventurers attempt a break.

Let there be no doubt. This is the Tour of the Alps.

Tao Geoghegan Hart takes the stage.

Felix Gall finishes second.

Hugh Carthy finishes third.

Tao Geoghegan Hart will start stage 2 in the GC leader's green jersey.

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Tour of the Alps 2024: Foss wins four-up sprint to take GC lead

Results 1st stage 2024 Tour of the Alps

1. Tobias Foss (nor) 2. Chris Harper (aus) s.t. 3. Esteban Chaves (col) s.t. 4. Ben O’Connor (aus) s.t. 5. Juan Pedro López (spa) + 0.03 6. Geraint Thomas (gbr) s.t. 7. Antonio Tiberi (ita) s.t. 8. Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (eri) s.t. 9. Romain Bardet (fra) s.t. 10. Valentin Paret-Peintre (fra) s.t.

11. Wout Poels (nld) s.t. – other GC riders + 0.34

GC after stage 1 1. Tobias Foss (nor) 2. Chris Harper (aus) + 0.04 3. Esteban Chaves (col) + 0.06 4. Ben O’Connor (aus) + 0.10 5. Juan Pedro López (spa) + 0.13 6. Geraint Thomas (gbr) s.t. 7. Antonio Tiberi (ita) s.t. 8. Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (eri) s.t. 9. Romain Bardet (fra) s.t. 10. Valentin Paret-Peintre (fra) s.t.

Race report It takes around 20 kilometres for the breakaway to establish itself. Mattia Bais, Asier Etxeberria, Nicklas Ambi Pedersen, Andra Garosio, Masaki Yamamoto, Simon Pellaud and Kyrylo Tsarenko open up a lead of over 3 minutes at the Andolo climb. The lead group splits in two – with Bais, Pellaud and Garosio at the front -, while Pedersen falls back into the peloton.

The six regroup on descent to widen their lead to 4 minutes. Bais and Garosio head out together on the climb to Penone. They reach the summit 2.20 minutes ahead of the peloton. Bais takes, just as he did in Andolo, most KOM points.

The two are caught in the second run up to Penone before a reduced peloton enters the descent.

Romain Bardet attacks on descent, while Esteban Chaves and Chris Harper follow in his slipstream. Antonio Tiberi, Geraint Thomas and Amanuel Gebreigzabhier close down the gap before five more riders – Tobias Foss, Wout Poels, Ben O’Connor, Juan Pedro López, Valentin Paret-Peintre – make it across on the flat.

Esteban Chaves jumps with 1.2 kilometres left to race. Tobias Foss, Chris Haper and Ben O’Connor follow his move and it comes down to a four-up sprint. Foss powers to victory and also takes the first leader’s jersey.

Another interesting read: route 1st stage 2024 Tour of the Alps.

Tour of the Alps 2024 stage 1: route, profile, more

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Favorites for the General Classification of the Giro d'Italia 2024 | Tadej Pogacar? These gentlemen also dream of the pink jersey

Is there a more beautiful jersey in cycling than the pink one? Tadej Pogacar must have thought the same thing, as after winning two yellow jerseys in the Tour de France, the Slovenian is finally making his debut in the Giro d'Italia this year. The top favorite? Absolutely. But in the Tour of Italy, it’s not always the favorite who wins. IDLProCycling.com lists the top ten contenders for the overall victory!

Please also read/coming soon on IDLProCycling.com:

- Preview of the Giro d'Italia

- Favorites for the points classification (purple jersey)

- Favorites for the mountain classification (blue jersey)

- Favorites for the youth classification (white jersey)

- Betting pool tips for the Giro d'Italia

Recent winners Giro d'Italia

2023 - Primoz Roglic

2022 - Jai Hindley

2021 - Egan Bernal

2020 - Tao Geoghegan Hart

2019 - Richard Carapaz

2018 - Chris Froome

2017 - Tom Dumoulin

2016 - Vincenzo Nibali

2015 - Alberto Contador

2014 - Nairo Quintana

Favorites for the General Classification of the Giro d'Italia 2024

To compile this list, (former) editors at IDLProCycling.com were asked for their top ten in response to the question: "Who is most likely to win the Giro d'Italia?" Each top ten was assigned points as follows: 12 points for first place, 10 for second place, and then 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point respectively. For each rider, the total points received were converted into a percentage of the maximum points possible. This percentage is indicated next to each rider. This helps give a clearer view of how the odds stack up according to IDLProCycling.com!

Antonio Tiberi/Juan Pedro López - Bahrain Victorious/Lidl-Trek: 17/108 points (15.7%)

We start off with a tie in the rankings. Antonio Tiberi appeared seven times on our lists, but often in the ninth or tenth spot. The 22-year-old Italian will chase a classification for the first time in a grand tour for Bahrain Victorious, and why would he not be able to surprise everyone? His third place in the Tour of the Alps was impressive. Top five is his goal, but with us, he just has to make do with narrowly making the top ten.

The same applies to Juan Pedro López, the winner of the Tour of the Alps and a former wearer of the pink jersey for several days. Representing Lidl-Trek, the 26-year-old Spaniard seems to have carte blanche to try again. His stage win in the Alps—where he dramatically dropped everyone—promises much. The problem for him are the time trial kilometers, so he must go on the offensive in his beloved mountains for a top ranking.

Damiano Caruso - Bahrain Victorious: 18/108 points (16.7%)

At number nine, we find Damiano Caruso, Tiberi's teammate at Bahrain Victorious and, of course, the runner-up of the 2021 Giro! That same year, he also won a stage in the Vuelta. However, the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023 didn't go as well for him.

Can he do it again at the age of 36? Or will it be more about chasing stage wins and supporting the new generation? His results in 2024 haven't been very spectacular, but neither were they before his second place in 2021. Caruso is tough, never count him out!

Luke Plapp - Jayco-AlUla: 18/108 points (16.7%)

Scoring the same as Caruso but placed a spot higher, Luke Plapp has caught the attention of several editors who believe he could be this Giro’s surprise package. One even placed him third! Why? Plapp finished sixth in Paris-Nice and seems to be climbing better than ever. Moreover, the Australian from Jayco-AlUla is an outstanding time trialist.

His switch from INEOS Grenadiers to Jayco is paying off, although he recently mentioned that the team's focus for the classification is on Eddie Dunbar. The Irishman isn't on our list, but Plapp is. He’s poised to surprise us. The Giro has often been a platform for riders to come into their own. Maybe this is the moment for the 23-year-old Plapp.

Daniel Felipe Martínez - BORA-hansgrohe: 39/108 points (36.1%)

Another man who, after a surprising departure from INEOS, has been tearing up the streets is Daniel Felipe Martinez. He beat Remco Evenepoel twice (!) in explosive finishes at the Tour of the Algarve. And let’s not forget his role as a domestique for the overall winner Egan Bernal in 2021, where he finished fifth in the Giro.

At BORA-hansgrohe, this year is all about the Tour de France. They are sending Primoz Roglic, Jai Hindley, and Aleksandr Vlasov to focus on it. This gives Martinez free rein to fully explore his potential as a GC contender. If he's really on point, he can compete with the best. He has, after all, also won the GC in the Dauphiné and the Tour of the Basque Country in his career.

Cian Uijtdebroeks - Visma | Lease a Bike: 46/108 points (42.6%)

At Visma | Lease a Bike, since December, they have had one goal: to make a splash in the Giro! Despite losing Wout van Aert and Wilco Kelderman to injuries, there remains more than enough quality to compete for stage wins every day. Olav Kooij, Jan Tratnik, Attila Valter... Impressive, to say the least.

One rider who consistently sneaks under the radar is Cian Uijtdebroeks. The young Belgian's switch from BORA to Visma last winter has been much discussed, and the Giro might shed light on whether this move was beneficial. Considering his eighth-place finish in a competitive Vuelta in 2023, he’s expected to perform even better in this Giro... We're eager to see what he does!

Thymen Arensman - INEOS Grenadiers: 54/108 points (50.0%)

Thymen Arensman is the first and only Dutchman on this list (most of our editors are Dutch), but he's no ordinary competitor. Born to race for the GC, Arensman might not typically finish in the top three of explosive finales, but he consistently secured a strong top ten spot in both the 2022 Vuelta and 2023 Giro.

Having finished sixth twice in a grand tour, he's aiming higher now. Let’s say at least top five. Geraint Thomas is the declared leader at INEOS Grenadiers, but the 24-year-old Arensman is a dangerous dark horse. After finishing fifth in the Algarve and sixth in the Tirreno, and with a year at INEOS under his belt, it's time for him to harvest the fruits of his labor.

Ben O'Connor - Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale: 61/108 points (56.5%)

We're slowly moving towards the podium, but according to our editorial team, it might just be out of reach for Ben O'Connor. Nonetheless, the Australian from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale is having an excellent season. There's no reason to believe he can't continue this form into the Giro.

The 28-year-old O'Connor is rock solid in the mountains and has improved significantly in time trials over the past few years. He won a stage in the 2020 Giro and followed up a year later with a stage win and an eighth-place finish in the final classification in the Tour de France. 2023 was marred by crashes and injuries, but in 2024, O'Connor has already impressed with a second-place finish in the UAE Tour and the Tour of the Alps, and fifth in the Tirreno.

Romain Bardet - Team dsm-firmenich PostNL: 68/108 points (63%)

Romain Bardet in the best form of his life? At Liège-Bastogne-Liège, he finished second with impressive form, after placing fifth at the Tour of the Alps. Watching a good Bardet race is a delight. And who knows what he might achieve in the GC if dsm-firmenich PostNL fully commits.

And why not? The time trials won't be easy for Bardet, but the Frenchman has greatly improved in this discipline and also has plenty of mountain stages and bonus sprints to compensate. After his second and third places in the Tour in '16 and '17, we'd love to see him on the podium again. However, it won't be handed to him on a silver platter!

Geraint Thomas - INEOS Grenadiers: 73/108 points (67.6%)

As previously noted, Geraint Thomas is the leader at INEOS Grenadiers, but it's always tough to fully gauge the Welshman. After his Tour de France victory in 2018, his career seemed to wane, but in recent years, he's rediscovered his top form. He finished third behind Pogacar and Vingegaard in the 2022 Tour and was the runner-up to Roglic in last year's Giro.

INEOS wants to race aggressively, whatever that may mean. Thomas on the attack? We've rarely seen that. He's mainly a model of consistency. Never really having a bad day, always finishing among the leaders. And in this way, we might see him on the podium again in Rome.

Tadej Pogacar - UAE-Team Emirates: 108/108 points (100%)

Whether any of the ten names mentioned can dream of overall victory will largely depend on one rider. Tadej Pogacar is the man to beat, the rider who stands out when everyone else is performing at their usual level. And this season, the Slovenian from UAE-Team Emirates is at his best...

He clinched a victory at Strade Bianche after an epic eighty-kilometer solo break, secured four (!) stage victories and the overall win in Catalonia, and topped it off with a win at Liège-Bastenaken-Liège following another bold solo effort from La Redoute. With a strong team backing him at UAE, if Pogacar stays healthy for three weeks, everything points to him dominating. However, the Giro still has to be raced, particularly with Pogacar also eyeing a win at the Tour de France this summer...

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Tour of the Alps: Bouchard holds off field to take solo win on stage 1

AG2R Citroën rider takes the first leader's jersey

Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroën) claimed the first victory of his professional career when he soloed clear to win at San Martino di Castrozzo on stage 1 of the Tour of the Alps.

The Frenchman was part of the day’s early break and he managed to hold off the pursuit of the overall favourites on the shallow climb towards the finish, crossing the line five seconds clear of Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) and Romain Bardet (DSM).

When Bouchard dropped the last of his breakaway companions Ben Zwiehoff (Bora-Hansgrohe) near the summit of the Passo Gobbera, he had 25km to race and a lead of two minutes over the Ineos-led peloton.

That advantage shrank considerably after he passed the finish line in San Martino di Castrozzo for the first time with 13km to go, as Ineos and Bahrain Victorious led the pursuit and a brisk headwind complicated his task.

Eddie Dunbar’s long turn in the final 3km looked to have doomed Bouchard, as did two sharp accelerations from Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) in the final 2km. Bouchard, however, managed his lead on the stiffest part of the climb and then held off the chasers as the road flattened out in the final kilometre.

Bouchard confessed afterwards that he had cast his mind back to his near miss at last year’s Giro, when he led into the closing metres atop Campo Felice only to be caught and passed by Egan Bernal on the final approach to the line.

“I think I realised I was going to win at 300 metres before the finish line. I thought of the Giro d’Italia last year, when I was caught by the leaders with 400 metres to go, but today I won,” said Bouchard.

“I knew that if you were in front on the descent off the last climb, you could hold your gap over the peloton. But on the final circuit, I had a lot of headwind and it was very hard. I just kept pushing and I went full gas on the last small climb with 4km to go. I had a little gap just before the finish line, so it was perfect.”

Time bonuses mean that Bouchard has a lead of 9 seconds over Bilbao in the general classification and 11 seconds over Bardet.

The bulk of the overall contenders came home five seconds behind Bouchard, including Porte, Pavel Sivakov (Ineos Grenadiers), Michael Storer (Groupama-FDJ) and Miguel Ángel López (Astana Qazaqstan), though Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost), Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) conceded an additional four seconds when the group split in the closing metres.

How it unfolded

Bouchard was part of the day’s early break, which went clear 25km or so after the start in Cles, home of 1988 world champion Maurizio Fondriest. He was joined in the move by Zwiehoff, Vinicius Rangel Costa (Movistar), Mattia Bais (Drone Hopper-Androni), Asier Etxebarria (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Emanuel Zangerle (Tirol-KTM), and the sextet built a maximum lead of seven minutes over the peloton.

“I tried to attack on the flat, and I went away with six guys. Then, when we were in the breakaway, we all rode, and we took a lot of time,” said Bouchard.

As the winner of the king of the mountains title at both the 2019 Vuelta a España and the 2021 Giro d’Italia, Bouchard was the strongest climber by reputation, and his quality began to tell on the Passo Brocon, where only Zwiehoff and Bais could match his pace.

Etxebarria regained contact over the other side of the climb, but Bouchard resumed his forcing on the category 3 Gobbera, with Bais and Etxebarria quickly distanced on the lower slopes.

Zwiehoff, who made the switch from mountain biking to the WorldTour last season, put up fierce resistance before losing contact a kilometre or so from the top. He limited his losses to 10 seconds by the summit, but his hopes of catching Bouchard ended when he crashed on the descent.

Bais and Extebarria caught Zwiehoff soon afterwards, but their combined efforts were unable to make any inroads into Bouchard’s advantage, and they were caught by the peloton in the finale.

The bunch was whittled down considerably by Ineos’ pace-making in the finale, and they also had help from Bahrain Victorious, who were looking to tee up Pello Bilbao, an impressive sprint winner on the recent Itzulia Basque Country.

Dunbar produced a long, long turn on the unclassified climb towards the finish, slicing Bouchard’s lead to under 30 seconds. Jonathan Caicedo (EF Education-EasyPost) and Porte both made accelerations from the reduced chasing group, but neither man could get on terms with Bouchard.

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Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation , published by Gill Books.

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