It will really get interesting, how many climber-type riders will go to the giro this year. They are certainly important for the race.
During the last couple of years we often saw pure climbers preferring the giro instead of the tour. This year for example we had a big gap behind Pogacar and Vingegaard even in the mountain stages to all the others. This will perhaps change at least a bit this year. I remember well that Carapaz in 2021 during the third week could follow the other two during the last mountain stages. This year nobody was even close to this. Perhaps this was also the approach of the tour organisators, that they also want to attract the pure climbers to come back to the tour.
During the last couple of years we often saw pure climbers preferring the giro instead of the tour. This year for example we had a big gap behind Pogacar and Vingegaard even in the mountain stages to all the others. This will perhaps change at least a bit this year. I remember well that Carapaz in 2021 during the third week could follow the other two during the last mountain stages. This year nobody was even close to this. Perhaps this was also the approach of the tour organisators, that they also want to attract the pure climbers to come back to the tour.