The 2020 Giro d’Italia will take place from October 3 to October 25, having been forced to move from its normal spot in May due to the coronavirus pandemic. The start will now take place in Sicily instead of its original plan of hosting the opening three stages in Hungary.
The change and subsequent crossover with the northern Classics in Belgium and France has meant a lot of riders planning to take on the Giro originally reverted back to the Tour de France, which took place in August and September.
Still, a stellar line-up of GC riders will take part, while Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) will forgo his usual aims at the Classics to take on the Giro, having agreed with organisers RCS to make his debut in the race this year.
Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) will not be defending his title as he went to the Tour de France to support Egan Bernal, which did not go to plan. Ineos Grenadiers have gone for Geraint Thomas to lead the team in a route that suits his attributes.
Tifosi favourite Vincenzo Nibali will ride for his new Trek-Segafredo team with the aim of taking a third title, while his former team-mate Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) will hope to secure his first overall win at a Grand Tour.
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) will return to the Giro this year to attempt to right the wrongs of two years ago when he led the race with three stages to go.
There’s also a strong sprinting line-up for the Corsa Rosa. As well as Peter Sagan, Grand Tour stage winners Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) and Elia Viviani (Cofidis) will all be competing for the victory on the flat stages.
All line-ups for the 202o Giro d’Italia are now confirmed with race numbers.
Giro d’Italia 2020 start list
Ag2r La Mondiale
1 GALLOPIN Tony
2 BIDARD François
3 BOUCHARD Geoffrey
4 GASTAUER Ben
5 HÄNNINEN Jaakko
6 PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien
7 VENDRAME Andrea
8 WARBASSE Larry
Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
11 BAIS Mattia
12 BISOLTI Alessandro
13 CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander
14 CHIRICO Luca
15 PELLAUD Simon
16 RAVANELLI Simone
17 RESTREPO Jhonatan
18 RUMAC Josip
Astana Pro Team
21 FUGLSANG Jakob
22 BOARO Manuele
23 CONTRERAS Rodrigo
24 FELLINE Fabio
25 GREGAARD Jonas
26 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
27 RODRÍGUEZ Óscar
28 VLASOV Aleksandr
Bahrain – McLaren
31 ARASHIRO Yukiya
32 BATTAGLIN Enrico
33 BILBAO Pello
34 CAPECCHI Eros
35 NOVAK Domen
36 PADUN Mark
37 PERNSTEINER Hermann
38 TRATNIK Jan
Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè
41 CARBONI Giovanni
42 COVILI Luca
43 FIORELLI Filippo
44 LONARDI Giovanni
45 MAZZUCCO Fabio
46 ROMANO Francesco
47 TONELLI Alessandro
48 ZANA Filippo
Bora-Hansgrohe
51 SAGAN Peter
52 BENEDETTI Cesare
53 BODNAR Maciej
54 FABBRO Matteo
55 GAMPER Patrick
56 KONRAD Patrick
57 MAJKA Rafał
58 POLJAŃSKI Paweł
CCC Team
61 ZAKARIN Ilnur
62 ČERNÝ Josef
63 DE LA PARTE Víctor
64 GRADEK Kamil
65 KOCHETKOV Pavel
66 MAŁECKI Kamil
67 ROSSKOPF Joey
68 VALTER Attila
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
71 VIVIANI Elia
72 CONSONNI Simone
73 EDET Nicolas
74 HAAS Nathan
75 HANSEN Jesper
76 LE TURNIER Mathias
77 MATHIS Marco
78 ROSSETTO Stéphane
Deceuninck – Quick-Step
81 ALMEIDA João
82 BALLERINI Davide
83 HODEG Álvaro José
84 HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich
85 KEISSE Iljo
86 KNOX James
87 MASNADA Fausto
88 SERRY Pieter
EF Pro Cycling
91 BENNETT Sean
92 CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
93 CLARKE Simon
94 CRADDOCK Lawson
95 GUERREIRO Ruben
96 KANGERT Tanel
97 MORTON Lachlan
98 WHELAN James
Groupama – FDJ
101 DÉMARE Arnaud
102 FRANKINY Kilian
103 GUARNIERI Jacopo
104 GUGLIELMI Simon
105 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
106 SCOTSON Miles
107 SINKELDAM Ramon
109 THOMAS Benjamin
Israel Start-Up Nation
111 BARBIER Rudy
112 BRÄNDLE Matthias
113 CATAFORD Alexander
114 CIMOLAI Davide
115 DOWSETT Alex
116 NAVARRO Daniel
117 SAGIV Guy
118 ZABEL Rick
Lotto-Soudal
121 ARMÉE Sander
122 DE GENDT Thomas
123 DIBBEN Jonathan
124 HAGEN Carl Fredrik
125 HANSEN Adam
126 HOLMES Matthew
127 OLDANI Stefano
128 VANHOUCKE Harm
Mitchelton-Scott
131 YATES Simon
132 AFFINI Edoardo
133 BOOKWALTER Brent
134 HAIG Jack
135 HAMILTON Lucas
136 HEPBURN Michael
137 HOWSON Damien
138 MEYER Cameron
Movistar Team
141 CARRETERO Héctor
142 CATALDO Dario
143 PEDRERO Antonio
144 RUBIO Einer Augusto
145 SAMITIER Sergio
146 SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo
147 TORRES Albert
148 VILLELLA Davide
NTT Pro Cycling
151 MEINTJES Louis
152 CAMPENAERTS Victor
153 GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
154 O’CONNOR Ben
155 POZZOVIVO Domenico
156 SOBRERO Matteo
157 SUNDERLAND Dylan
158 WYSS Danilo
Ineos Grenadiers
161 THOMAS Geraint
162 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
163 DENNIS Rohan
164 GANNA Filippo
165 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
166 NARVÁEZ Jhonatan
167 PUCCIO Salvatore
168 SWIFT Ben
Jumbo-Visma
171 KRUIJSWIJK Steven
172 BOUWMAN Koen
173 FOSS Tobias
174 HARPER Chris
175 MARTIN Tony
176 PFINGSTEN Christoph
177 TOLHOEK Antwan
178 VAN EMDEN Jos
Team Sunweb
181 KELDERMAN Wilco
182 DENZ Nico
183 HAGA Chad
184 HAMILTON Chris
185 HINDLEY Jai
186 MATTHEWS Michael
187 OOMEN Sam
188 TUSVELD Martijn
Trek – Segafredo
191 NIBALI Vincenzo
192 BERNARD Julien
193 BRAMBILLA Gianluca
194 CICCONE Giulio
195 CONCI Nicola
196 MOSCA Jacopo
197 NIBALI Antonio
198 WEENING Pieter
UAE Team Emirates
201 ULISSI Diego
202 BJERG Mikkel
203 CONTI Valerio
204 DOMBROWSKI Joe
205 GAVIRIA Fernando
206 MCNULTY Brandon
207 MOLANO Juan Sebastián
208 RICHEZE Maximiliano
Vini Zabù – KTM
211 VISCONTI Giovanni
212 BEVILACQUA Simone
213 FRAPPORTI Marco
214 ROTA Lorenzo
215 SPREAFICO Matteo
216 VAN EMPEL Etienne
217 WACKERMANN Luca
218 ZARDINI Edoardo
