Giro D Italia 2019 Favourites
Richard Carapaz won the Giro d’Italia in the 102nd edition of the race. The podium was rounded out by Vincenzo Nibali and Primoz Roglic. Pre-race favourite Simon Yates failed up to live to the expectation, while Tom Dumoulin crashed out in the first week of action.
Giro d'Italia 2020 - The five favourites and hotly tipped outsiders for Giro glory. The Briton will hope to improve on his Giro showing from 2019 when an early crash saw him struggle before. 9 May 2019 A breakdown of the favourites to take the pink jersey at the 102nd Giro d'Italia Predicting a winner for a three-week, 3,518km stage race around the unforgiving terrain of Italy should. Giro DItalia Betting Odds. View all available outright and match odds, plus get news, tips, free bets and money-back offers. All you need to bet.
Read about the pre-race favourites or click on the links in underneath scheme for the favourites to win individual stages. Obviously, all these articles were written before the start of the race(s).
Giro d’Italia 2019 Favourites:
| Date | Favourites | Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sa 11-5 | Dumoulin-Roglic clash in trying ITT | 8 km | ITT |
| 2 | Su 12-5 | First fast finishers showdown | 205 km | flat |
| 3 | Mo 13-5 | Another sprint finish | 220 km | flat |
| 4 | Tu 14-5 | Uphill sprint of select group | 223 km | finish uphill |
| 5 | We 15-5 | Back to the fast men | 140 km | flat |
| 6 | Th 16-5 | Strong men in long race | 238 km | hills |
| 7 | Fr 17-5 | GC battle for seconds | 185 km | hills |
| 8 | Sa 18-5 | For daredevil descenders | 239 km | hills |
| 9 | Su 19-5 | Roglic’ blow in uphill ITT | 34.8 km | ITT |
| Mo 20-5 | rest day | |||
| 10 | Tu 21-5 | Sprint in Ferrari town | 145 km | flat |
| 11 | We 22-5 | Fast men again | 221 km | flat |
| 12 | Th 23-5 | Breakaway day | 158 km | hills |
| 13 | Fr 24-5 | First GC clash on massive ascent | 196 km | mountains |
| 14 | Sa 25-5 | Intense high altitude race | 131 km | mountains |
| 15 | Su 26-5 | Breakaway on Nibali’s Day | 232 km | hills |
| Mo 27-5 | rest day | |||
| 16 | Tu 28-5 | Mortirolo in exhausting test | 194 km | mountains |
| 17 | We 29-5 | Tough test for tough climbers | 181 km | mountains |
| 18 | Th 30-5 | Rare sprint opportunity | 222 km | flat |
| 19 | Fr 31-5 | Breakaway battle on last climb | 151 km | mountains |
| 20 | Sa 1-6 | Attacks on the maglia rosa | 194 km | mountains |
| 21 | Su 2-6 | Last act | 17 km | ITT |
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Sprint teams are unlikely to see opportunities, so they will be unwilling to control the race. Yet, the route is ideal for a bunch sprint – that is, if you don’t take the final kilometres into account. Following 223 kilometres on rolling roads, the last 2.5 kilometres go up at 4 to 5% with a kick-up of 7%.
The breakaway is likely to be successful if no team is willing to control the break, but chances are the men of the pink jersey want to defend their treasure. In that case a sprint of resilient all-rounders or a late attack could bear fruit.
The slope in the last kilometre sits at 4%, while the final straight is 250 metres long.
Favourites 4th stage 2019 Giro d’Italia
*** Thomas De Gendt, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Fausto Masnada
** Rubén Plaza, Diego Ulissi, Alexis Vuillermoz
* Fernando Gaviria, Bob Jungels, Ben O’Connor
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