Giro 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.

Read about the pre-race GC favourites or click on the links in table below 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