Giro D'Italia 2024: Chirps, Buzz and Updates

['Dale]

After a few teasers of the 2022 event, it was all finally revealed. 26 kms, yes you read that ride, was the only allowance given for racing against the clock.

Here it is revealed: https://www.giroditalia.it/en/

The 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia will start on Friday, May 6, in Budapest, Hungary and ends on Sunday, May 29. The Friday start of the Italian Grand Tour provides an extra rest day and transfer from Hungary to Italy, set to take place on Monday, May 9. 

Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) took the maglia rosa at the last edition of the Giro, which saw him build his overall victory on the strade bianche of Tuscany and then on the climbs above the snow line of the Zoncolan and Passo Giau. Italian Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) fought to a second-place finish after three weeks of racing, and Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) rounded out the podium in third overall. - Cyclingnews

Pic: Jered Gruber

Edited December 17, 2023 by 'Dale

[lechatnoir]

the last week is going to be brutal, even by Giro standards. And there's even a volcano, and that's been doing scary things lately too. It's going to be a cracker

[Mamil]

11 hours ago, lechatnoir said:

the last week is going to be brutal, even by Giro standards. And there's even a volcano, and that's been doing scary things lately too. It's going to be a cracker

Volcano? .... Sounds like zwift

['Dale]

The director of the Giro d’Italia Mauro Vegni has challenged Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to try to win the Giro-Tour double, suggesting that it does not make a difference how many times a rider wins the Tour de France as "there’s little else to prove" after the first title".   - @Cyclingnews

['Dale]

 

['Dale]

Hehehe 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CWJGcxUIIP4/?utm_medium=copy_link

[betaboy]

Who would of Guessed that one day it will head off in Hungary? Wow that’s pretty amazing…. After the pink jersey had a few days of Hungarian sweat added into the mix of race this year. I look forward it!

['Dale]

18 slapies to go, just saying 🥰

['Dale]

10 sleeps - begin to organise your work-from-home dayz during the mountain stages 😑

[Vetplant]

Start List as things stand today. Seems only DSM has a "confirmed" Checkmark currently

I underlined some GC hopefuls, obviously might have missed a few, apologies

UAE Team Emirates
.. OLIVEIRA Rui
.. ULISSI Diego
.. FORMOLO Davide
.. COSTA Rui
.. COVI Alessandro
.. ALMEIDA João
.. RICHEZE Maximiliano
.. GAVIRIA Fernando
 

Astana Qazaqstan Team
.. CONTI Valerio
.. TEJADA Harold
.. PRONSKIY Vadim
.. FELLINE Fabio
.. NIBALI Vincenzo
.. LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
.. DE LA CRUZ David
.. DOMBROWSKI Joe
 

Bahrain - Victorious
.. TRATNIK Jan
.. BILBAO Pello
.. LANDA Mikel
.. SÁNCHEZ Luis León
.. POELS Wout
 

INEOS Grenadiers
.. SIVAKOV Pavel
.. CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
.. NARVÁEZ Jhonatan
.. PORTE Richie
.. SWIFT Ben
.. PUCCIO Salvatore
.. CARAPAZ Richard
.. TULETT Ben

Groupama - FDJ
.. SINKELDAM Ramon
.. KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
.. GUARNIERI Jacopo
.. SCOTSON Miles
.. LUDVIGSSON Tobias
.. DÉMARE Arnaud
.. VALTER Attila

EF Education-EasyPost
.. CARR Simon
.. CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
.. CORT Magnus
.. CARTHY Hugh
.. CHAVES Esteban
.. KEUKELEIRE Jens

Israel - Premier Tech
.. DE MARCHI Alessandro
.. NIZZOLO Giacomo
.. BRÄNDLE Matthias
.. DOWSETT Alex
.. ZABEL Rick

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
.. ŠTYBAR Zdeněk
.. CATTANEO Mattia
.. CAVENDISH Mark
.. VANSEVENANT Mauri
.. SCHMID Mauro
.. BAGIOLI Andrea

Movistar Team
.. PEDRERO Antonio
.. ROJAS José Joaquín
.. SAMITIER Sergio
.. VALVERDE Alejandro
.. SOSA Iván Ramiro

Team BikeExchange -Jayco
.. SOBRERO Matteo
.. SCOTSON Callum
.. SCHULTZ Nick
.. KANGERT Tanel
.. JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
.. CRADDOCK Lawson
.. HOWSON Damien
.. YATES Simon

Intermarché - Wanty -
Gobert Matériaux
.. TAARAMÄE Rein
.. PETILLI Simone
.. PASQUALON Andrea
.. GIRMAY Biniam
.. ROTA Lorenzo
.. PEÁK Barnabás
.. HIRT Jan
.. POZZOVIVO Domenico

Trek - Segafredo
.. MOSCA Jacopo
.. SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias
.. TIBERI Antonio
.. ABERASTURI Jon
.. LÓPEZ Juan Pedro
.. MOLLEMA Bauke
.. CICCONE Giulio
.. CATALDO Dario

BORA - hansgrohe
.. PALZER Anton
.. ZWIEHOFF Ben
.. ALEOTTI Giovanni
.. KÄMNA Lennard
.. BUCHMANN Emanuel
.. HINDLEY Jai
.. KELDERMAN Wilco

Cofidis
.. MARTIN Guillaume
.. PEREZ Anthony
.. CONSONNI Simone
.. CIMOLAI Davide
.. PÉRICHON Pierre-Luc

EOLO-Kometa
.. GAVAZZI Francesco
.. ALBANESE Vincenzo
.. ROSA Diego
.. FORTUNATO Lorenzo
.. FETTER Erik

Alpecin-Fenix
.. VAN DER POEL Mathieu
.. MARECZKO Jakub
.. DE BONDT Dries
.. BAYER Tobias
.. LEYSEN Senne
.. GOGL Michael
.. RIESEBEEK Oscar
.. OLDANI Stefano

AG2R Citroën Team
.. CHEREL Mikaël
.. PETERS Nans
.. PRODHOMME Nicolas
.. HÄNNINEN Jaakko
.. CALMEJANE Lilian
.. GALL Felix

Jumbo-Visma
.. BOUWMAN Koen
.. DUMOULIN Tom
.. AFFINI Edoardo
.. FOSS Tobias
.. EENKHOORN Pascal
.. VAN EMDEN Jos
.. HARPER Chris
.. OOMEN Sam

Team DSM
.. HAMILTON Chris
.. BARDET Romain
.. DENZ Nico
.. COMBAUD Romain
.. BOL Cees
.. DAINESE Alberto
.. ARENSMAN Thymen
.. TUSVELD Martijn

Lotto Soudal
.. VAN GILS Maxim
.. KLUGE Roger
.. VANHOUCKE Harm
.. DE GENDT Thomas
.. EWAN Caleb

Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè
.. FIORELLI Filippo
.. ZANA Filippo
.. COVILI Luca
.. MODOLO Sacha
.. BATTAGLIN Enrico
.. TONELLI Alessandro

Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli
.. CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander
.. RESTREPO Jhonatan
.. TESFATSION Natnael
.. PONOMAR Andrii

[lechatnoir]

Pozzovivo will hopefully ruffle a few feathers on the hillier days. I dig that guy - never-say-die.

interesting that Valverde is riding the Giro and not the Tour. Perhaps he wants 2 GTs this year and to sign of with the Vuelta?

I really like how EF are set up. So many power houses there. Then again, Ineos look unusually potent. Jumbo as well. Astana, Trek, UAE... 

basically, this is gonna be a cracker of a GT methinks. This isn't a 1 or 2 horse race. It's really open and isn't that just how we like it?

Looking at the opening stage, that final climb to the line favours MVDP. recent Strava activities show some monster efforts. perhaps he's eyeing a pink jersey to go with his yellow French one? pretty certain Ewan would have something to say about that though. Demare too or even Nizzolo, Cav....?

[Jewbacca]

With so little ITT km I'm backing more of a pure climber..... 

Not sure who, but TommyD will not trouble the scorers deep into the race.

Bardet's best chance to win a GT, same with Superman Lopez. Simon Yates is a dark horse and I'm expecting the shark to try to upset the apple cart on what must be his last shake of the fin at Giro.

Carapaz, Ameida and Chaves must be the 3 riders on paper with the most to lose, but I think there are enough punchy climbs and breakaway win stages for one of the not so mountain goat guys to get into the running.

For someone who prefers the classics and monuments, I am very excited to see how this pans out

['Dale]

On 4/26/2022 at 3:40 PM, 'Dale said:

10 sleeps - begin to organise your work-from-home dayz during the mountain stages 😑

7  slapies - really begin to organise your work-from-home days during the high mountain stages 

[shaper]

THE GIRO D’ITALIA TROPHY MAKER: INSIDE THE FACTORY

https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/the-giro-d-italia-trophy-maker-inside-the-factory?fbclid=IwAR1IS-VVHg--6sINayhExqpOb5O1d275BNRYc2YRR1nxSG9VR2KYnJyn2Lk

[Frosty]

On 4/26/2022 at 3:40 PM, 'Dale said:

10 sleeps - begin to organise your work-from-home dayz during the mountain stages 😑

Hoping to watch (the evenings) from the hotel, for stages 4-7, but will miss stage 8 while flying home. The rest of the stages are sorted as WFH. 🙂

['Dale]

Beautiful