Giro 2021: Favourites

Egan bernal giro - Giro 2021: Favourites fotobureau Cor VosOffering its fair share of suprises, the 2021 Giro d'Italia lived up to its reputation with unpredictable, interesting racing. Eventually, the Italian Grand Tour saw Egan Bernal take Tao Geoghegan Hart's crown. Moreover, the Colombian won two stages, as did Filippo Ganna and Caeb Ewan.

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 2021 - favourites per stages

	date	favourites	km	type
1	8-5	Ganna's dash for pink	8.6	ITT
2	9-5	First fast finishers showdown	179	flat
3	10-5	Strong sprinters or late attackers	190	hills
4	11-5	Bike handling in intriguing finale	187	hills
5	12-5	Back to the fast men	177	flat
6	13-5	Breakaway day, or GC clash	160	mountains
7	14-5	Sprint with a twist	181	flat
8	15-5	Attackers with climbing legs	170	mountains
9	16-5	Steep and unpaved finale	158	mountains
10	17-5	Sprint in Foligno	139	flat
	15-5	rest day
11	19-5	For Strade Bianche specialists	162	hills
12	20-5	Attrition race with downhill finale	212	hills
13	21-5	Sprint in Verona	198	flat
14	22-5	Battle of Zoncolan	205	mountains
15	23-5	Attackers in Slovenian hills	147	hills
16	24-5	Attriton race with 5,700 climbing metres	212	mountains
	25-5	rest day
17	26-5	For pure bred climbers	193	mountains
18	27-5	Sprinters or attackers	231	flat
19	28-5	Double digit denouement	176	mountains
20	29-5	Last chance for climbers	164	mountains
21	30-5	Ganna again	30.3	ITT