Star studded line-up descends on the Giro

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Summit finishes in this year’s Giro route, starting on stage 4

This year the startlist of the Giro d’Italia could almost be swapped with the Tour de France. Egan Bernal, Thibaut Pinot, Vincenzo Nibali, Simon Yates, Mikel Landa and Romain Bardet are all down to ride the first grand tour of the season. Plus João Almeida, who spent a fortnight in the pink jersey last year. It will be a challenging race, too, with over 47,000 metres of climbing across the 21