Giro: the protagonists revealed, Bernal the man to beat

10 days after the start, the 104 / o Giro d'Italia cycling begins to put its chips on the table. The names of the possible protagonists of the 2021 pink race have been revealed, led by the Colombian of Ineos, Egan Bernal, winner of the 2019 Tour. It will be him, the organizers of RCS Sport announced, starting with the dorsal n.1. The BikeExchange Team presents itself with a team entirely in support of captain Simon Yates, recent winner of the Tour of the Alps. Trek will field two strikers: Vincenzo Nibali, returning after his wrist injury, and Bauke Mollema, winner of Il Lombardia in 2019. Two captains also for Team DSM, with Jai Hindley, second on the Milan podium of the 2020 Giro, and Romain Bardet, twice on the podium of the Tour. There will be two points also for the Deceuninck-Quick-Step, with Remco Evenepoel and João Almeida,15 days in the squad and 4 / o in the 2020 general. Bahrain Victorious also presents itself at the start of Turin with two captains: Mikel Landa and Pello Bilbao. Also at the start Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana), Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Hugh Carthy (EF Education-Nippo), Daniel Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation), George Bennett (Team Jumbo-Visma) and Domenico Pozzovivo (Team Qhubeka) Assos).