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