As could not otherwise, the 108th edition of the Italy Giro It has the contest of some of the best cyclists in the world and some of the last champions that the Corsa Rosa has had, such as the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, The Australian Jay HindleyEcuadorian Richard Carapaz or the Colombian Egan Bernal.
However, as usually happens in any race, and even more of a time to this part in which cyclists increasingly select their careers and increase their stages of set -up and concentration, there are also great absences that we will remember and concentrate on five names below.
POGACAR TAID (26 years)
UAE TEAM EMIRATES-XRG
Undoubtedly, it is the most sensitive decline, given the enormous quality that it treasures on their legs and for the fact of being the champion of the last edition in a year 2024 that Pogacar will hardly forget, in which, among other triumphs, he conquered Giro, Tour and the World Championship. To date, ‘Pogi’ has only played an edition of the Corsa Rosa, the 2024 that he won, and this year has competed for now a total of 14 days, reigning in the last two races he has played, the Vallea arrow and the harema-rapido-lieja. His great goal this year is to win the Tour de France, in what would be his fourth victory in the Ronda Gala
Jonas Vingegaard (28 years old)
TEAM VISMA-LEASE A BIKE
The Danish corridor will still not play any edition of the Italian turn. At the beginning of this season it was said that there were options to see Vingegaard in the Corsa Rosa, but finally resigned, concentrating all his efforts, once again, in the Tour of France. After a 2024 marked by the very serious fall of Itzulia, from which he recovered miraculously to reach the Tour de France on time and end up podium. The leader of the Team Visuma-Liease Bike was persecuted again for misfortune this year by leaving the Paris-Nice by fall
-Remco Evenepoel (25 years)
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
This will not be the Belgian cyclist’s turn. The season of the leader of the Soudal team has been marked by the serious accident he suffered at the beginning of the year while training when impacting the door of a mail van and his performance since he could return to the competition he is going from less to more. His goal is none other than to arrive in full form to what would be his second Tour of France, after finishing 3 in 2024. To date, Remco has played two editions of the Giro (2021, 2023) and has not completed any
Mathieu van der Poel (30 years)
Alpecin-DECEUNINCK
The Dutch is one of the most complete cyclists that exist in cycling. After an excellent cyclocross season, Van der Poel has competed to date a total of 14 days, in which the victories in the Paris-Roubaix, the E3 Saxo Classic and the Milan-Sanmo stand out above all. Mathieu has played four editions of the Tour de France, and has only finished two, has not premiered in the Vuelta and does have a turn on his legs, the 2022, in which he won a stage and came to wear the Rosa Maglia.
ENRIC MAS (30 years)
MOVISTAR TEAM
Enric Más continues to renounce the Giro de Italia and continues to concentrate its efforts in the Tour de France and in the Vuelta, races that have been folding since 2020, obtaining its best results in the Spanish round, with two second positions (2021, 2022) and the 3rd of 2024 as the best results; while in the tour is the 5th place of 2020
These are five of the great absences in the 108th edition of the Italy Girolist to which we could also add names such as Thomas, Marine, the System of the Skills.
