104th Giro d'Italia Evenepoel and a Giro for redemption
Juan Ayuso The Spanish pearl compared to Pogacar
Thomas Pidcock Another 21-year-old wonder
The gambling houses are shelving the favorites of the public to the podium of the
Giro d'Italia that begins this Saturday in Turin
with an 8-kilometer urban individual time trial. Two of the most handsome trio would wear the white jersey of the best young man:
Egan Bernal
(24) and
Remco Evenepoel
(21). Once again it is questioned whether the classification of young people should be
recycled and lower the barrier from 25 to 22 or 23 years old
. So that the yellow, pink or red of the final grand tour winner is not
permanently overlapped
.
Apart from Bernal and Evenepoel (above them
the big favorite to gamble the money is Simon Yates
, 28), there are a few runners 25 and under who appear as surprises ... relative. It is enough to see the final classification of a year ago in Milan to understand this 'relativity':
Teo Geoghegan Hart
, with the trophy at 25;
Jai Hindley
, second, at 24;
Joao Almeida
, fourth at 22.
This year, without Tao Geoghegan in the limelight,
Hindley redoubled his ambitions
even though at his side is
Romain Bardet
, a new teammate on the DSM (Sunweb evolution) team.
The young Australian already 'charged' last year the team leader for the Giro,
Wilco Kelderman
, third in Milan.
New contenders are added.
In preeminent place is
25-year-old
Russian
Alexander Vlasov
, who is given a leading opportunity by Astana Premier Tech "to win this Giro."
If Bernal's back continues to haunt him, at Ineos Grenadiers they have another trick:
Pavel Sivakov
(23).
In the Deceuninck Quick Step they play with
the 'surprise' Evenepoel or the fortress of Almeida
.
Without complex.
Veteran Pieter Serry and Joao Almeida.
Perhaps the first pink jersey and bianca jersey were seen on the podium of the inaugural time trial by
the same rider
.
The specialists only bet on
Filippo Ganna
(24 years old) or
Rémy Cavagna
(25).
The feats of the 'children'
who land in professionalism with many hours of flight leave no one indifferent.
And it produces enthusiasts of this 'new cycling'.
"
A less calculating cycling. Young people are not afraid of anything or reverential fears
", in the words of Italian coach Davide Cassani al
Corriere della Sera
.
Ponomar, a book junior
Remco Evenepoel is the second youngest rider of the 184 registered in the 104th Giro d'Italia. The first is a book juvenile:
18 years old. He wears Androni Sidermec's clothing, he is Ukrainian and attends for Andriy Ponomar
. He was born in Chenihiv on September 5, 2002. He has already made his first steps as a junior -european champion-, this year he has made his professional debut at
Milan-San Remo
(83rd) and has also finished stage races such as Coppi Week Bartali (34th) or Belgrade-Banja Luka (19th) in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Putting him in front of three weeks of toughness would seem cruel, but his boss,
Gianni Savio
, assures that he is fully made to resist.
Spain has
Juan Ayuso
with the same age dominating the Italian U23 races with the Colpack team, but already with a date to go to the WorldTour in the summer by the hand of
UAE Emirates
, with whom he has signed a contract until 2015. At the moment he will be in the
Giro Sub23
in a few weeks.
The Centennial Giro will surely await you in 12 months.
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