The 2024 Giro d’Italia will be the 107th edition of the so-called ‘La Corsa Rosa’ and will take place from 4-26 May. With a route featuring lots of time trialling, but lighter on climbing and distance, is there a chance for riders to challenge heavy favourite Tadej Pogačar for the illustrious maglia rosa? Join Dan for our in-depth preview of the race, where he covers all the key information about the race, including riders to watch and the key stages.
Luke Lamperti is set to make his Grand Tour debut at the Giro d’Italia next month, with Soudal Quick-Step team boss Patrick Lefevere sending the neo-pro to Italy for the first three-week race of the season.
“I’m very curious to see Luke Lamperti in the Giro d’Italia. It took a long time to find an American who fits in our team and I think he’s the type of rider who can fit with us. He’s also a rider who is also for the Classics in the future,” Lefevere told GCN in a recent interview.
Lamperti, 21, signed for the Belgian squad at the start of the year, inking a two-year deal to propel himself into the WorldTour. The American made a name for himself as a U23 rider on Trinity Racing with a breakout season in 2023. He won a stage at the Giro Next Gen, the Rutland-Melton CiCLE Classic in the UK, and became the US national criterium champion.
This year he picked up several impressive early season podium spots before cutting his cloth in the Spring Classics as part of the experienced Soudal squad. He scored a highly credible seventh in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne but was mainly utilized as a support rider and lead-out rider for Tim Merlier.
The second individual time trial stage of this year’s race is both the longest and the flattest. At 34.9km in length with just 102m of elevation gain, this route from Savignano sul Rubicone to Cesena is one for the true TT specialists. Expect a big GC shake-up on this stage!
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Although the road to this year’s Giro d’Italia hasn’t been the smoothest for Geraint Thomas this season, the Ineos captain finds himself at the top of the Giro general classification after some strong riding and the unfortunate departure of race leader Remco Evenepoel due to COVID-19
This could possibly be the last Giro that Thomas rides. The Welshman has ridden for Ineos Grenadiers – previously Team Sky – for almost the entirety of his stellar career. Joining in 2010, the year of the Team’s inception, he has raced on Pinarello bikes exclusively.
In a professional road career that includes a 2018 Tour de France victory, multiple stage race and single day wins, as well as a Commonwealth Games road race title for Wales. Thomas will long be remembered as a gritty, no-nonsense rider, who has delivered at the very highest level for over a decade.
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The 2023 road racing season is just around the corner. With mouthwatering battles in the spring classics, an inevitable Vingegaard vs Pogačar rematch at the Tour de France, Annemiek van Vleuten’s final season as a pro rider, and much much more on the menu, we are all set for a cracking 2023 season! Here are the reasons why you won’t want to miss it!
