Giro d’Italia 2024, entrants announced: stage hunters

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Giro 2024, the stage hunters

21 fractions equal 21 different chances to enter, with a stage success, the history of the Pink Race. It's wide and well-varied field of pretenders to partial successes starting with Filippo Ganna, six-time stage winner and big favorite of the time trials.

The former world champion will have to contend with rivals such as Mikkel Bjerg, Tobias Foss, Magnus Sheffield, Edoardo Affini, Ethan Vernon and newcomer Lorenzo Milesi, winner of the rainbow title among the Under-23s. Debuting at the Corsa Rosa for two-time World Champion Julian Alaphilippe and current European Champion Cristophe Laporte, both aiming to make their mark.

In the mostù walloon fractions, skilled uphill riders such as Hugh Carthy, Esteban Chaves,Jan Hirt, Lorenzo Fortunato, Michael Woods, Einer Rubio, Filippo Zana, Koen Bouwman, Maximilian Schachmann, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Giulio Pellizzari, Domenico Pozzovivo, Mauri Vansevenant, Michael Storer, Max Poole, Lucas Plapp, Davide Piganzoli and Wout Poels will seek glory.

Among the riders most adept at mixed routes should be noted Matteo Trentin, Jasper Stuyven, Quinten Hermans, Andrea Bagioli, Jan Tratnik, Andrea Vendrame, Lilian Calmejane, Davide Ballerini, Simone Velasco, Simon Clarke, Stefano Oldani, Benjamin Thomas and Alessandro De Marchi.

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