The Giro d'Italia starts today, and all the names on the start list have been announced.
The final squad to be revealed was EF Education-EasyPost, who bring former champion Richard Carapaz at the head of a dynamic group of riders.
Visma-Lease a Bike comes with three separate leaders in Wout van Aert, Olav Kooij and Simon Yates, with a strong support team to boot - they could win any stage they target. Kaden Groves will be the sprint option for Alpecin-Deceuninck, with Quinten Hermans there for punchier stages.
Romain Bardet will ride his final Grand Tour before retirement as part of a Picnic PostNL team which also boasts young British hopeful Max Poole. Groupama-FDJ head to Italy with David Gaudu for the first time. Soudal Quick-Step, meanwhile, bring Mikel Landa, twice third at the Giro, and Ethan Hayter, Luke Lamperti, and Paul Magnier in a team of mixed priorities.
Lidl-Trek also have a split strategy, with Giulio Ciccone there for the mountains, and Mads Pedersen there for the many punchy stages - he is very much a threat for the purple points jersey.
The two favourites for the maglia rosa over the course of the three-week Grand Tour have been announced, along with their support teams - that's Primož Roglič of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, and Juan Ayuso of UAE Team Emirates-XRG.
Roglič, who won the race in 2023, will be joined in Albania on Friday by former winner Jai Hindley, Dani Martínez, Jan Tratnik, Gianni Moscon, Nico Denz, Giovannio Aleotti and Giulio Pellizzari.
Ayuso, meanwhile, is aiming for the second UAE pink jersey in a row after his teammate Tadej Pogačar won last year. He will be supported by Igor Arrieta, Filippo Baroncini, Isaac del Toro, Rafał Majka, Brandon McNulty, Jay Vine and Adam Yates, in another team full of super-domestiques.
"Between myself and Juan I think we should be able to have a good crack on the general classification and try to defend the title, and I'm looking forward to getting started in what I hope will be a very competitive three weeks," Yates said.
"I think we have the strongest team in the race and I feel that is our biggest strength," Ayuso said. "We have strong rivals in the GC, with Roglič in particular, but we are ready for the challenge."
Another GC-chasing team to be announced was Bahrain-Victorious, who will be led by Italian hopeful Antonio Tiberi. He will be joined by Damiano Caruso and Pello Bilbao, both of whom have finished top-five at the Giro before.
Intermarché-Wanty will be led by Louis Meintjes, with Gerben Thijssen as a sprint option, while Israel-Premier Tech will look for GC success through Derek Gee, and stage wins through Corbin Strong smong others. Movistar have brought a former Giro winner in Nairo Quintana, at the head of a mixed team.
Q36.5 Pro Cycling, meanwhile, will be led by Tom Pidcock, who will be aiming for stage-winning success across the three weeks. Jayco Alula have multiple options, including Chris Harper and Luke Plapp, as well as British debutant Paul Double. XDS Astana bring Italian veteran Diego UIissi as well as recent Tour de Romandie stage winner Lorenzo Fortunato.
The opening team to be named was Ineos Grenadiers, who will be led by former winner Egan Bernal and Dutch climber Thymen Arensman, who has twice finished sixth on GC.
The pair will be joined by Brandon Rivera, Lucas Hamilton, Josh Tarling, Jonathan Castroviejo, Ben Turner, and Kim Heiduk, with Tarling eyeing up the two individual time trials as opportunities for stage wins.
Below we have listed the teams for the 108th Giro d'Italia, along with those confirmed to race so far.
Giro d'Italia 2025 start list
Alpecin-Deceuninck
GROVES Kaden (Aus)
HERMANS Quinten (Bel)
HOLLMANN Juri (Ned)
JANSSENS Jimmy (Bel)
KIELICH Timo (Bel)
PLANCKAERT Edward (Bel)
VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio (Bel)
PLOWRIGHT Jensen (Aus)
Arkéa-B&B Hotels
VERRE Alessandro (Ita)
EPIS Giosuè (Ita)
GUGLIELMI Simon (Fra)
HUYS Laurens (Bel)
RIES Michel (Ned)
SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG Embret (Nor)
MOZZATO Luca (Ita)
TJØTTA Martin (Nor)
Bahrain-Victorious
TIBERI Antonio (Ita)
BILBAO Pello (Spa)
CARUSO Damiano (Ita)
EULÁLIO Afonso (Por)
GOVEKAR Matevž (Slo)
MIHOLJEVIĆ Fran (Cro)
PASQUALON Andrea (Ita)
ZAMBANINI Edoardo (Ita)
Cofidis
FRETIN Milan (Bel)
DEBEAUMARCHÉ Nicolas (Fra)
LASTRA Jonathan (Spa)
MONIQUET Sylvain (Bel)
OLDANI Stefano (Ita)
PEREZ Anthony (Fra)
SAMITIER Sergio (Spa)
MAAS Jan (Ned)
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
BENNETT Sam (Ire)
BOUCHARD Geoffrey (Fra)
DE BONDT Dries (Bel)
DEWULF Stan (Bel)
GODON Dorian (Fra)
GUDMESTAD Tord (Nor)
PRODHOMME Nicolas (Fra)
VENDRAME Andrea (Ita)
EF Education-EasyPost
ASGREEN Kasper (Den)
CARAPAZ Richard (Ecu)
CEPEDA Alexander (Ecu)
DOULL Owain (GBr)
HONORÉ Mikkel (Den)
RAFFERTY Darren (Ire)
SHAW James (GBr)
STEINHAUSER Georg (Deu)
Groupama-FDJ
ERIK BYSTRØM Sven (Nor)
DAVY Clément (Fra)
GAUDU David (Fra)
GENIETS Kevin (Lux)
GERMANI Lorenzo (Ita)
PACHER Quentin (Fra)
PALENI Enzo (Fra)
ROCHAS Rémy (Fra)
Ineos Grenadiers
BERNAL Egan (Col)
ARENSMAN Thymen (Ned)
CASTROVIEJO Jonathan (Spa)
HAMILTON Lucas (Aus)
RIVERA Brandon Smith (Col)
HEIDUK Kim (Deu)
TARLING Joshua (GBr)
TURNER Ben (GBr)
Jayco-AlUla
HARPER Chris (Aus)
BOUWMAN Koen (Ned)
DE PRETTO Davide (Ita)
DOUBLE Paul (GBr)
ENGELHARDT Felix (Deu)
HEPBURN Michael (Aus)
PLAPP Luke (Aus)
ZANA Filippo (Ita)
Intermarché-Wanty
MEINTJES Louis (RSA)
BUSATTO Francesco (Ita)
COLLEONI Kevin (Ita)
PETILLI Simone (Ita)
SMITH Dion (NZl)
THIJSSEN Gerben (Bel)
VAN DER HOORN Taco (Ned)
VAN HOECKE Gijs (Bel)
Israel-Premier Tech
GEE Derek (Can)
CLARKE Simon (Aus)
FRIGO Marco (Ita)
FUGLSANG Jakob (Den)
HIRT Jan (Cze)
HOULE Hugo (Can)
SCHULTZ Nick (Aus)
STRONG Corbin (NZl)
Lidl-Trek
CICCONE Giulio (Ita)
HOOLE Daan (Ned)
KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren (Den)
KONRAD Patrick (Aut)
MOSCA Jacopo (Ita)
PEDERSEN Mads (Den)
VACEK Mathias (Cze)
VERONA Carlos (Spa)
Movistar
QUINTANA Nairo (Col)
AULAR Orluis (Col)
BARRENETXEA Jon (Spa)
CEPEDA Jefferson Alveiro (Ecu)
FORMOLO Davide (Ita)
MILESI Lorenzo (Ita)
RUBIO Einer (Col)
TORRES Albert (Spa)
Picnic PostNL
BARDET Romain (Fra)
EDMONDSON Alex (Aus)
HAMILTON Chris (Aus)
Leemreize Gijs (Ned)
MÄRKL Niklas (Deu)
POOLE Max (GBr)
VAN UDEN Casper (Ned)
WELTEN Bram (Ned)
Polti VisitMalta
PIGANZOLI Davide (Ita)
BAIS Davide (Ita)
BAIS Mattia (Ita)
LONARDI Giovanni (Ita)
MAESTRI Mirco (Ita)
MUÑOZ Francisco (Spa)
PIETROBON Andrea (Ita)
TONELLI Alessandro (Ita)
Q36.5 Pro Cycling
PIDCOCK Tom (GBr)
AZPARREN Xabier Mikel (Spa)
VADER Milan (Ned)
DONOVAN Mark (GBr)
LIEPIŅŠ Emīls (Lat)
HOWSON Damien (Aus)
MOSCHETTI Matteo (Ita)
ZUKOWSKY Nickolas (Can
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
ROGLIČ Primoz (Slo)
HINDLEY Jai (Aus)
MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe (Col)
TRATNIK Jan (Slo)
MOSCON Gianni (Ita)
DENZ Nico (Deu)
ALEOTTI Giovanni (Ita)
PELLIZZARI Giulio (Ita)
Soudal Quick-Step
LANDA Mikel (Span)
CATTANEO Mattia (Ita)
ČERNÝ Josef (Cze)
GAROFOLI Gianmarco (Ita)
HAYTER Ethan (GBr)
KNOX James (GBr)
LAMPERTI Luke (USA)
MAGNIER Paul (Fra)
Tudor Pro Cycling
VOISARD Yannis (Sui)
BRENNER Marco (Deu)
KRIEGER Alexander (Deu)
PLUIMERS Rick (Ned)
STORER Michael (Aus)
STORK Florian (Deu)
WARBASSE Larry (USA)
ZIJLAARD Maikel (Ned)
UAE Team Emirates-XRG
AYUSO Juan (Spa)
ARRIETA Igor (Spa)
ARONCINI Filippo (Ita)
DEL TORO Isaac (Mex)
MAJKA Rafał (Pol)
MCNULTY Brandon (USA)
VINE Jay (Aus)
YATES Adam (GBr)
Visma-Lease a Bike
VAN AERT Wout (Bel)
AFFINI Edoardo (Ita)
KELDERMAN Wilco (Ned)
KOOIJ Olav (Ned)
KRUIJSWIJK Steven (Ned)
LEMMEN Bart (Ned)
VAN BAARLE Dylan (Ned)
YATES Simon (GBr)
VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
FIORELLI Filippo (Ita)
COVILI Luca (Ita)
MAGLI Filippo (Ita)
MARCELLUSI Martin (Ita)
PINARELLO Alessandro (Ita)
MARTINELLI Alessio (Ita)
TAROZZI Manuele (Ita)
ZANONCELLO Enrico (Ita)
XDS Astana
ULISSI Diego (Ita)
CONCI Nicola (Ita)
FORTUNATO Lorenzo (Ita)
KANTER Max (Deu)
KUZMIN Anton (Kaz)
MASNADA Fausto (Ita)
POELS Wout (Ned)
SCARONI Christian (Ita)
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