Giro 2022: Favourites

Arnaud Demare - Giro 2022: Favouritesimage: Cor VosWinning three stages, Arnaud Démare, is the most successful contender on this Giro. What to expect in the last week of action? The GC battle is likely to ignite, while attackers, sprinters and time trialists are offered chances to shine also.

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Giro d’ Italia 2022 – favourites per stage

date favourites km type
1 6-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 1 Puncher in pink 195 flat
2 7-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 2 ITT with pink lining 9.2 ITT
3 8-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 3 For fast men #1 201 flat
9-5 rest day
4 10-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 4 King of Mount Etna 172 mountain
5 11-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 5 For fast men #2 174 flat
6 12-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 6 For fast men #3 192 flat
7 13-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 7 Attackers with climbing skillset 196 hills
8 14-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 8 For Classics specialists 153 hills
9 15-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 9 GC clash on Blockhaus 191 mountains
16-5 rest day
10 17-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 10 For strongman sprinters 196 hills
11 18-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 11 For fast men #4 203 flat
12 19-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 12 Strong sprinters, or attackers 204 hills
13 20-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 13 Sprint in Cuneo 150 flat
14 21-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 14 Hilly race to suit attackers 147 hills
15 22-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 15 Breakaway day at altitude 178 mountains
23-5 rest day
16 24-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 16 For pure bred climbers 202 mountains
17 25-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 17 Climbers eyeing pink 168 mountains
18 26-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 18 For fast men #5 152 flat
19 27-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 19 Steep ramps to suit the breakaway 177 hills
20 28-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 20 Final GC clash in high mountains 168 mountains
21 29-5 Giro d’Italia 2022 favourites stage 21 Into the Arena 17.4 ITT

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Giro 2022 Favourites stage 17: Climbers eyeing pink

Jai Hindley - Giro 2022 Favourites stage 17: Climbers eyeing pinkStage 17 offers climbers with pink ambitions the penultimate chance to strike on their favourite terrain. The race does not finish uphill, but the summit of the brutal Menador sits 8 kilometres from the finish line, so the fireworks are expected to ignite on the double digit ramps.
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Giro 2022 Favourites stage 18: For fast men #5

Mark Cavendish UAE - Giro 2022 Favourites stage 18: For fast men #5Démare again? Or Cav? Or... a miscalculation by the sprint teams?
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Giro 2022 Favourites stage 19: Steep ramps to suit the breakaway

Lennard Kamna - Giro 2022 Favourites stage 19: Steep ramps to suit the breakawayThe 19th stage of the Giro features most vertical metres - of it's total of 3,230 - in the heart of the route. The finish is uphill, but since the climb to the line is not very long it remains to be seen if GC riders see it fit to go for the win.
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Giro 2022 Favourites stage 20: Final GC clash in high mountains

Simon yates - Giro 2022 Favourites stage 20: Final GC clash in high mountainsThe final 100 kilometres of the final mountain stage at the Giro features three huge climbs. Perfect setting for the last GC battle in the high mountains.
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Giro 2022 Favourites stage 21: Into the arena

Simon yates - Giro 2022 Favourites stage 21Time trialists have the final say in a 17.4 kilometres race around Verona. The course features a 4.5 kilometres climb at 4.6% halfway before a finish in the Verona Arena.
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