Giro 2020: Favourites

The 103rd edition of the Giro d’Italia saw Tao Geoghegan Hart take Richard Carapaz’ crown. Moreover, the Brit won two stages, while Filippo Ganna and Arnaud Démare both took four. Three pre-race favourites did not make it all the way to the finish in Milan – Geraint Thomas (crash), Simon Yates (COVID-19) and Steven Kruijswijk (COVID-19).

Read about the pre-race GC favourites or click on the links in the 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 2020 favourites – per stage

date favourites km type
1 3-10 First fight for pink 15 ITT
2 4-10 For punchers and power sprinters 150 hills
3 5-10 Climb fest on Mount Etna 149 mountains
4 6-10 Fast men, despite long climb 140 hill
5 7-10 Attackers on long finish climb 188 hills
6 8-10 Strong sprinters in movie set 225 hills
7 9-10 Back to the fast men 143 flat
8 10-10 Promising circuit finale 200 hills
9 11-10 Attrition race with 4,000 vertical metres 207 mountains
12-10 rest day
10 13-10 Wall dominated finale 177 hills
11 14-10 Bunch sprint in Rimini 182 flat
12 15-10 Ardennes Classic Italian style 204 hills
13 16-10 Back to the fast men, or…? 192 flat
14 17-10 Ganna versus Dennis 33.7 ITT
15 18-10 Battle for pink intensifies 183 mountains
19-10 rest day
16 20-10 Attackers on trying circuit 226 hills
17 21-10 Monster mountains for HC climbers 202 mountains
18 22-10 Grueling journey over the Stelvio 209 mountains
19 23-10 Last chance for fast finishers 251 flat
20 24-10 Battle for pink 200 mountains
21 25-10 For pure ITT specialists 16.5 ITT

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