Many will take the exit in Albania looking to get it, but the pink jersey can only have one owner. In each kilometer, in each curve, on each climb, all runners will give everything to impose themselves on their rivals. Some cyclists, for their record, for their youth or for their form of form, leave with an advantage in the battle that is fought from the May 9. These are the favorites to cross the goal in Roma With the best time.
Juan Ayuso – UAE Team Emirates XRG
Juan Ayuso celebrates his triumph in Adriatic Tyrene 2025.
He has it between eyebrow and eyebrow since he started 2025. In all interviews, all the previous ones of the other races, Ayuso only thinks of debuting in the Giro. The Spanish came out victorious from the Faun Drome, the Laigueglia and Tyrrhenian Trophy (In addition to being second in the Volta), but all its preparation is focused on the ‘Corsa Rosa’. Without Pogacarwhich is reserved for other lides, will be one of the leaders of UAE In Italian lands. As for races of more than a day, in its credit it has the general classification of the Itzulia’24 and the Tyrrheno’25 and wants to continue expanding its palmraés.
Primoz Roglic – Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe
The Slovenian of Red Bull Bora Primoz Roglic celebrates the victory in the last stage of the Volta Cyclist to Catalonia.
He finished 2024 with the return to Spain and wants to start 2025 with the turn. The Slovenian won the great Italian round in his last participation (2023), when he was still in Jumbo Visma, and now he returns as an undisputed leader of Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe. He debuted in 2025 with a discreet participation in the Volta to the Algarve, with an eighth place, and has made a short preparation, only with the Tour of Catalonia, To reserve all your strength for the Giro. Great hopes for Slovenian. In Catalonia he showed his class and category to be the great favorite in Italy.
Mikel Landa – Soudal Quick Step
Mikel Landa, cyclist del soudal Quick-Step.Soudal Quick-Step.
The ‘Landism’ never dies. He turns 36 in December and continues to excite himself as the first day. In 2017, the mountain jersey was taken in the turn. In total, he has gained three stages of the great Italian round. He started his 2025 season with an eleventh place in the White roads and exciting all his followers. In Tyrrhenian and the Volta lived up. Go to turn as leader of the Soudal Quick-Step, taking advantage that Evenepoel Reserve for the tour. With Mikelthe show is always assured.
Adam Yates – UAE Team Emirates XRG
Adam Yates, on the podium as winner of the Tour de OmanGettyImages
Apart from Juan Ayusothe other head of UAE for the Giro. Adam Yates has the experience that Spaniards is missing, although in the turn he has only participated on one occasion, in 2017. Then he was ninth in the general and second among the young people. In 2025 he decided to start the season on the Arabian peninsula and took first place in the Tour de omán. It remains to be seen how its relationship will combine with an ayuso who undoubtedly has all his hopes put in the Giro.
Egan Bernal – Ineos Grenadiers
Egan Bernal
His preparation for the turn was truncated in the Classic Jaén Paraíso Interiorwhere a fall in the final stretch caused a clavicle break. However, the Colombian, winner of Tour (2019) y Giro (2021), He hopes to reach the ‘Corsa Rosa’ in an optimal state of health. Before falling into JaénBernal had doubled in the national Championships of Colombia, so legs has. The Volta to Catalonia ended as seventh classified in the general.
Anthony Tiberius – Bahrain Victorious
One of the great national hopes for Italia In his great return. Debuted in him Giro In 2024 and took the best young man’s jersey and a meritorious fifth place in the general. Premiered its 2025 in the Volta algarve, where he was sixteenth in the general, before reserving for the races in the lands of his country of origin: the tyrene-adriatic (the general finished third) and the Alps tour of which he ended up withdrawing. good climber, rather than solvent in counterreloj and with the public on his side, could surprise.
Richard Carapaz – EF Education Easypost
Carapaz, in a file image.
The leader of EF Education – Easy PosT has stated that he goes to the turn to take the ‘Maglia Rosa’. He won the great Italian round in 2019, when he was still in the ranks of Movistar Team. It is one of the cyclists who has made the most preparation: present, among others, in White roads,Tyrrheno-Adriatic, Volta to Catalunya and Lieja-Bastoña-Lieja. It remains to be seen if the kilometers make him more shot at the exit from Albania or if, on the contrary, they lose his freshness.
Giulio Ciccone – Lidl Trek
Ciccone celebrates its triumph in the Alps Tour.
The other favorite within the Italians. The leader of Lidl-Trek started 2025 with a second place in the Tour del UAE, just behind the almighty Pogacarand trust to play a good role in the great Italian race. After that came a triumph in the Alps tour And a great second place in Pasting-dastoña-line which has meant its best classification in a cycling monument. Has participated in the I turn seven times, and has won three stages and the mountain jersey (2023). You will have to wait for your moment to shine at the heights in the final stages of the race.
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