So Vingegaard comes fresh from his Algarve win to dominate yet another stage race. The others will have to settle for 2nd place or lower. O'connor and Almeida might try something though. And Buitrago has been in good form as well
Also notable is the TTT of 28 km, where Visma will take even more...
This is where the stage races start proper in Europe. We've had the Mallorca one day races, now it's onto the mainland. It's Spain so that means plents of climbing, and even a TTT.
Notable GC/allaround mentions: O'Connor, Carlos Rodriguez, McNulty, Almeida, Martinez, Vlasov, Bilbao, Buitrago...
Let the hype begin! It's a showdown between Roglic, in his all new Bora team, and Remco, before their real showdown at the TDF. But there's also a lot of other talent here.
Also notable is the TTT of 27 km, where Quickstep will take a lot of time.
Notable GC mentions: Evenepoel, Roglic...
Copying the info from the very extensive 2023 Giro d'Italia: Stage-by-Stage Analysis by @Eshnar
https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/2023-giro-ditalia-stage-by-stage-analysis.38851/
Stage 7: Capua – Gran Sasso d’Italia 218 km
Friday, May 12th, 11:15 – 17:10 CEST
Technical...
Let the hype begin! This is the race that Remco will win, after coming from Tenerife where he broke every record there is. Others will race for 2nd place or lower.
It's also the race where Bernal starts his European season after beating Remco in San Juan on that one stage.
Notable GC mentions...
Let the hype begin! Roglic is racing again, it has been annouced he is doing Tirreno! The race starts with a 11km flat ITT.
Notable GC mentions: Wout, Vlasov, MVDP, Mas, Hindley, Roglic, Adam Yates, Landa, Geraint, Almeida
Notable sprinters: Phillipsen, Jakobsen, Gaviria, Girmay, Wout...
1st Volta João Algarve
Ooh I heard it through the sour grapes, Vine!
Date: 2023-02-15 - 2023-02-19
Race class: 2.Pro
Race category: Men Elite
UCI-Tour: UCI ProSeries
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It's the biggest one day race in Spain, favoring climbers. All the big guns will be here, some from the Tour like Pogacar, van Aert, Mohoric, Bardet, Gaudu.
And some fresh ones like Remco, Amedia, Valverde, Hindley, Simon Yates, Landa. So who will win in this big pool of talent...
The one and only world tour race in the Middle East. Hot racing in the sand! New feature is the addition of an ITT.
Notable GC mentions: Tadej Pogacar, Almeida, Nibali, Valverde, Adam Yates (in his new INEOS colors), Sepp Kuss and of course Froome (in his new ISN colors)
Notable sprinters...