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Can Anyone Stop Vingegaard? | Giro d'Italia 2026 Preview | THEMOVE+

THEMOVE

Lance Armstrong

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4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin break down the course, contenders, and likely outcomes for both the overall classification of the Giro d'Italia and its opening stage, which kicks off this coming Friday. They discuss what to expect in the likely GC showdown between Jonas Vingegaard and rising young Italian star Giulio Pellizzari, and the stage-win battles between Jonathan Milan and the other top sprinters, while diving into how the race will play out and who offers the best betting value.

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0:00.0

Amongst all of the potential favorites or candidates for top places, I think the big favorite,

0:08.8

Jonas Wingergaard is also the best hand drawlist of all of them.

0:11.8

So I think that's already going to, you know, after these two initial key stages, stage seven and stage 10,

0:18.6

I think Fingeguard is already going to be in pole position. And from there on, I don finger guard is already going to be in pole position.

0:21.9

And from there on, I don't think he's going to get out of it.

0:29.2

Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Move Plus. I'm Spencer Martin. I'm here with Johann Bernal,

0:33.0

and we are previewing the upcoming Giro Detalia, 21 stages over the course of three weeks,

0:40.2

two, actually three rest days, rest days.

0:42.3

They slipped an extra rest day in there, Johan, because they're starting in Bulgaria.

0:46.4

I'm really thrown off by this because it's the second foreign start in a row.

0:50.2

Normally they stagger them.

0:51.9

Last year was Albania.

0:53.0

This year's Bulgaria.

0:53.7

So they'll do three stages there

0:55.3

rest on monday and then they're back in italy and it's the classic giro deitalia climb up

1:02.1

italy they start in the south they go to the north a byproduct of this is the race tends to get

1:07.2

harder as the as the weeks go on so the first week is hilly with some sprint stages.

1:12.7

Second week has a long time trial, only time trial in the race, stage 10, 42K long,

1:17.9

which is very long in modern cycling with some sprint stages, some hilly stages,

1:23.2

probably some breakaways if you need a little.

1:25.0

That's a good time to go on vacation, get some errands done.

1:28.1

And then the final week, as is tradition in recent years, is absolutely brutal.

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