With just 10 days to go until the start of the Giro d’Italia, Cyclingnews begins its annual countdown to the first Grand Tour of the season. From here to the eve of the race on May 3 we’ll have a string of special features, interviews, and previews to build up to the big occasion.
We start with those who have designs on wearing the iconic maglia rosa and lifting the famous trofeo senza fine in Rome in a month’s time. 2017 champion Tom Dumoulin is back for more, and he’s joined on the start line by four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome in the first instalment of a hotly anticipated rivalry between the riders who shared last year’s Grand Tours.
Yet this is not just a case of Froome vs Dumoulin; Fabio Aru and Thibaut Pinot add proven Grand Tour pedigree to the start list, while there’s also a string of up-and-coming riders who may well come of age this May.
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Here are Cyclingnews’ top 10 contenders for the Giro d’Italia.
Chris Froome (Team Sky)
2018 race days: 17
Wins: 0
Best result: 4th overall, Tour of the Alps
Chris Froome has reportedly been paid 1.4 million Euros to ride the Giro d'Italia, yet their star attraction brings with him a cloud of controversy as he prepares to take to the start line in Jerusalem 'subjudice' - that is, competing while his salbutamol case remains unresolved.
Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb)
Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ)
Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana)
Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates)
Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain-Merida)
Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott)
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)
George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo)
Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac)
The best of the rest
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