The 2024 Giro d’Italia will be the 107th edition of the so-called ‘La Corsa Rosa’ and will take place from 4-26 May. With a route featuring lots of time trialling, but lighter on climbing and distance, is there a chance for riders to challenge heavy favourite Tadej Pogačar for the illustrious maglia rosa? Join Dan for our in-depth preview of the race, where he covers all the key information about the race, including riders to watch and the key stages.
00:00 Introduction to the 2024 Giro d’Italia!
00:38 What happened in 2023 at the Giro d’Italia?
02:14 History of the Giro d’Italia
03:28 2024 Giro d’Italia Route
04:08 Stages 1-3
07:32 Stages 4-6
09:59 Stage 7 Time Trial Foligno – Perugia
10:26 Stages 8-9
11:53 Stages 10-13
14:15 Stage 14 Time Trial Castiglione delle Stivere – Desenzano del Garda
14:30 Stage 15 a brutal stage!
16:15 Stages 16-18
18:58 Stages 19-20
20:12 Stage 21
20:40 GCN Italian Special Merchandise!
21:38 Keep up-to-date at GlobalCyclingNetwork.com
22:20 The contenders/favourites for the General Classification (Maglia Rosa)
22:27 Tadej Pogačar & UAE Team Emirates
23:58 Geraint Thomas & Ineos Grenadiers
24:50 Ben O’Connor & Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
25:32 Cian Uijtdebroeks, Damiano Caruso, Thymen Arensman & Daniel Martinez
27:25 Romain Bardet
27:55 Nairo Quintana
28:16 Eddie Dunbar
28:28 Ef Education – EasyPost
28:50 Juan Pedro Lopez
29:11 Sprinters at the 2024 Giro d’Italia
29:38 Tim Merlier, Fabio Jakobsen, Caleb Ewan
30:03 Jonathan Milan
30:14 Olav Kooij
30:30 Danny van Poppel, Kaden Groves, Ethan Vernon, Phil Bauhaus, Fernando Gaviria
31:20 Time Trial Specialists
31:22 Filippo Ganna
31:51 Florian Lipowitz
32:40 Riders Looking For Stage Wins
33:10 Predictions
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Note: There weren't TOO many changes since we recorded this preview, but Wout Poels is no longer competing (much to his disappointment) and Hugh Carthy has decided not to ride. Don't forget you can keep up to date with all things Giro 2024 at: https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/racing/races/road/elite-men/giro-ditalia/2024
If Pog doesn't win, going to look very awkward!
Looking forward for the competition, we are ready to push pedals next to riders, we are ready for the next adventure out there cycling together, have fun guys, you are not alone ❤🎉❤
These reviews make the race more interesting to watch. especially like the stages to watch part.
This should have been 30 seconds long: "Pogacar will win because his only competition is a 38 year old with the bike handling skills of a lettuce, and the UCI's drug testing process"
Dan is absolutely tweaking. The Giro was by far the most exciting race of the ‘big 3’ last year. With the GC decided on the last time trial
44000 m is just 44 km. That seems awfully less amount climbing for a grand tour.
Tshirts are stylish and plenty of choices, sadly WAY overpriced! I bet if GCN had a BOGO sale on Tshirts, you would sell alot more. Just the thought of a starving cyclist, haha! Enjoyed the preview, thanks!
I see Si still has an aversion to pink T-shirts 😂
The only real chance of Tadej not winning is if the UCI catches him doping!! Because he definitely is!
Will probably give it a miss this year as pog is riding….boring
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! 🎶🎵🚵♂️
Pogacar is the most obvious favorite to win, but his team and tactics can be a weakness. Also, Pogacar may want to preserve some form for the Tour. If he races the way he likes to, there is a risk that he will burn out by the Tour. For Pogacar to achieve his goal of a Giro-Tour double win, he will need to race with some restraint and tactics for his team.
Maybe we should look at TP as being an hype. He is just dying for a chance to choke.
I called dibs on Tadej first Dan
Dan and Si seem to have choreographed their hand & arm movements. Or is there something to that father/son rumor?
every GT race is for 2nd this year 🙁
Like the comment if you think Pogacar will win the Giro Tour double
Cracking preview chaps. Bring it on!
INEOS Grenadiers!!!!!!
I liked it when you went to do this at an Italian restaurant, that was a fun touch for the previews.
Bring back GCN+. Discovery+ is a scam, I subscribed only to find out it does not include Eurosport in my country (India), despite all sources claiming it does. Discovery+ support replied to my email saying they have discontinued Eurosport in Nov 2023 from Discovery+, and I can't cancel my subscription. People please learn from my mistake and don't subscribe without specifically checking with D+ support.
Hopefully the other teams conserve their energy and try to make Tadej ride on the front, otherwise it's going to be a little boring
Hope to see bardet thriving hes always been class on and off bike podium against froome almost beat valverde on hardest worlds course I have ever seen and pinot was protected rider at Innsbrick. Although stopping for Julian after his crash at previous liege was one of those moments that shows the human side and gave up chance in race to tend to badly hurt countrymen and friend c'est magnifigque!!
Its Tadejs race he smashed prati di tivo in tirreno back in 2021 cant wait to see him on motirolo you wouldnt think it would suit him but he smashed jonas on carpegna in tirreno 2022 which is very similar. People are talking triple which is insane at this point just so much luck involved but this parcours screams pogacar images of him on stelvio too !!! Id imagine its stage on paper that Jonas could gain time were he racing it and healthy obviously but not near the altitude ad repeat monster mountains of giro past be it Alps, dolomites, or whatever. Pogacar, bardet, Thomas for me bardet says liege were best legs hes ever had and he loves the alps!! Forza Italia…can tadej win all three jerseys is triple id be more curious about as UAE have habit of not letting breaks go sometimes to their detriment bit like Tinkoff handled 2015 giro with Cotador going for double more cotrolled the better for tadej. I hoestly think by prime years 28-32 we will see him win a sprint on champs de lysees in maillot jaune he beat Mads at MSR after attaccking on poggio and mads had a leadout. Hes just so gifted and enjoys it reminds me of watching messi play for barca under pep its noticeable to even non cycling fans on a screen that hes different.
His attacks starting last Lombardia to this strade and liege are scary because hes obviously learned you cant go into red on penultimate climb because while he will get a gap other than fleche race is won by holding that tempo over the crest of climbs and onto descent where anyone knows who rides lower your heartrate better your vision and flowstate and then its a TT. If it it werent for Mathieu who is most complete one day racer ive ever seen (de vlaemick, sean kelly, hinault, merckx, gimondi, sagan people forget he won amgen tour of california on top of mt baldy im a fabian fan but his tour de suisse was tailor made for him with tt's) takes a Pogacar on right coursse right day to beat him but on roubaix or crit style like worlds last year VDP is unbeatable. If it weren't for him Tadej would have had MSR Pidcock likely bridges on descent but he doesnt beat tadej in sprint. I digress very excited : ) great preview chapeau
Is MVDP going to be there?
Good luck for Pogacar recovering after this lmao. His team has no brain approving to race this before TdF.
oh ok
Where can people from India watch it…. please help with this we used to look forward to this when GCN + was there
How you didn't include Groupama's Laurence Pithie as a stage winner and possible GC contender is beyond me
On the "Other-Than-Pogacar" wagering, I'll go for Bora's Florian Lipowitz
He's On-Form and itching to surprise!
14:05 – in 1978, a Milanese tram conductor famously went on prime time TV and argued that to curb pollution in the pianura padana (the Po river flatlands) all you needed to do was to flatten out the Turchino (yes that Turchino) to facilitate ventilation on the plains. It’s all on YouTube
THANKS LADS!!!
This Giro has got some serious climbing going on innit!!! Pogi is going to have to take time out of everyone in first week and then TRY to ease up the last half. Even tho its a limited field at Giro and we still dont know if we will see Vingegaard at TDF this is a pretty savage route so Pogi needs to TRY to ease up second half
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