Prišel je čas za prvo tritedensko dirko v sezoni. 184 kolesarjev se bo danes podalo na 3480-kilometrsko pot po Italiji, ki jo bodo opravili v 21 dneh. Vse skupaj se bo začelo v Torinu z 8,6 kilometra dolgo posamično vožnjo na čas.
V primerjavi s preteklimi leti bo uvod v dirko veliko lažji. Na kratki trasi pravih klančin ni, cesta se vsega skupaj dvigne le za nekaj deset metrov, kar pomeni, da velikih razlik danes ni pričakovati.
Najvišje bodo danes merili specialisti za kronometer, pri čemer bo vloga favorita ponovno pripadla Filippu Ganni (Ineos Grenadiers), kljub dejstvu, da je na kronometru na Dirki po Romandiji prvič pokazal nekoliko slabšo vožnjo.
Italijan bo zagotovo pred domačim občinstvom skušal dokazati, da je številka ena v vožnji na čas. A njegov skalp si bodo želeli mnogi, med drugim tudi Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-Victorious), ki si je uvodno etapo zagotovo označil kot priložnost za etapni uspeh. Idrijčan se bo na progo podal kot 155. ob 16.34.
Slovenci bomo imeli na štartu še enega rojaka. Matej Mohorič (Bahrain-Victorious) danes posebnih ambicij nima. Svoje priložnosti bo iskal na drugih etapah, uvodni kronometer pa bo izkoristil kot ogrevanje. S štartne klančine bo zapeljal ob 15.48.
Nekaj več pozornosti bo danes potrebno nameniti še Remiju Cavagni (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Victorju Campanaertsu (Qhubeka Assos), Josu van Emdenu (Jumbo-Visma) in Nelsonu Oliveiri (Movistar), ki se bodo udarili za etapno zmago.
Med favoriti za končno zmago pa danes lahko največ pridobita kolesarja Deceuninck-Quick Stepa. Joao Almeida je že dokazal, da lahko dobro odpelje kronometer, še več železja pa ima v ognju Remco Evenepoel, a nihče prav zares ne ve, v kakšnem stanju je Belgijec po osemmesečni odsotnosti.
Prvi kolesar bo na progo zapeljal ob 14.00, vse skupaj pa se bo končalo okoli 17.15, ko se bo v cilj, kot zadnji zapeljal Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix).
| ZAP. ŠT. | IME IN PRIIMEK | EKIPA | ŠTARTNI ČAS |
| 1 | Filippo Tagliani | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 14:00:00 |
| 2 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | 14:01:00 |
| 3 | Victor Campenaerts | Team Qhubeka Assos | 14:02:00 |
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen | EF Education-Nippo | 14:03:00 |
| 5 | Giovanni Aleotti | Bora-Hansgrohe | 14:04:00 |
| 6 | Gorka Izagirre | Astana-Premier Tech | 14:05:00 |
| 7 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | 14:06:00 |
| 8 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 14:07:00 |
| 9 | Samuele Zoccarato | Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | 14:08:00 |
| 10 | François Bidard | AG2R Citroën Team | 14:09:00 |
| 11 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | 14:10:00 |
| 12 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-QuickStep | 14:11:00 |
| 13 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Ineos Grenadiers | 14:12:00 |
| 14 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team BikeExchange | 14:13:00 |
| 15 | Krists Neilands | Israel Start-up Nation | 14:14:00 |
| 16 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 14:15:00 |
| 17 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | 14:16:00 |
| 18 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 14:17:00 |
| 19 | Manuel Belletti | Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | 14:18:00 |
| 20 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 14:19:00 |
| 21 | Max Kanter | Team DSM | 14:20:00 |
| 22 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 14:21:00 |
| 23 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | 14:22:00 |
| 24 | Nicola Venchiarutti | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 14:23:00 |
| 25 | Dylan Groenewegen | Jumbo-Visma | 14:24:00 |
| 26 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Team Qhubeka Assos | 14:25:00 |
| 27 | Jonathan Caicedo | EF Education-Nippo | 14:26:00 |
| 28 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-Hansgrohe | 14:27:00 |
| 29 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | 14:28:00 |
| 30 | Koen de Kort | Trek-Segafredo | 14:29:00 |
| 31 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 14:30:00 |
| 32 | Filippo Zana | Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | 14:31:00 |
| 33 | Lawrence Naesen | AG2R Citroën Team | 14:32:00 |
| 34 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar Team | 14:33:00 |
| 35 | Mikkel Honoré | Deceuninck-QuickStep | 14:34:00 |
| 36 | Jhonatan Narvaez Prado | Ineos Grenadiers | 14:35:00 |
| 37 | Cameron Meyer | Team BikeExchange | 14:36:00 |
| 38 | Alessandro De Marchi | Israel Start-up Nation | 14:37:00 |
| 39 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | 14:38:00 |
| 40 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 14:39:00 |
| 41 | Lars van den Berg | Groupama-FDJ | 14:40:00 |
| 42 | Francesco Gavazzi | Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | 14:41:00 |
| 43 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 14:42:00 |
| 44 | Nico Denz | Team DSM | 14:43:00 |
| 45 | Joe Dombrowski | UAE Team Emirates | 14:44:00 |
| 46 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 14:45:00 |
| 47 | Simone Ravanelli | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 14:46:00 |
| 48 | Paul Martens | Jumbo-Visma | 14:47:00 |
| 49 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Team Qhubeka Assos | 14:48:00 |
| 50 | Simon Carr | EF Education-Nippo | 14:49:00 |
| 51 | Daniel Oss | Bora-Hansgrohe | 14:50:00 |
| 52 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | 14:51:00 |
| 53 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | 14:52:00 |
| 54 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 14:53:00 |
| 55 | Umberto Marengo | Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | 14:54:00 |
| 56 | Geoffrey Bouchard | AG2R Citroën Team | 14:55:00 |
| 57 | Einer Rubio Reyes | Movistar Team | 14:56:00 |
| 58 | Pieter Serry | Deceuninck-QuickStep | 14:57:00 |
| 59 | Salvatore Puccio | Ineos Grenadiers | 14:58:00 |
| 60 | Nicholas Schultz | Team BikeExchange | 14:59:00 |
| 61 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-up Nation | 15:00:00 |
| 62 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 15:01:00 |
| 63 | Rafael Valls Ferri | Bahrain Victorious | 15:02:00 |
| 64 | Sébastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | 15:03:00 |
| 65 | Mark Christian | Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | 15:04:00 |
| 66 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 15:05:00 |
| 67 | Christopher Hamilton | Team DSM | 15:06:00 |
| 68 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 15:07:00 |
| 69 | Tim Merlier | Alpecin-Fenix | 15:08:00 |
| 70 | Natnael Tesfazion | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 15:09:00 |
| 71 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 15:10:00 |
| 72 | Kilian Frankiny | Team Qhubeka Assos | 15:11:00 |
| 73 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 15:12:00 |
| 74 | Matteo Fabbro | Bora-Hansgrohe | 15:13:00 |
| 75 | Aleksandr Vlasov | Astana-Premier Tech | 15:14:00 |
| 76 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | 15:15:00 |
| 77 | Kobe Goossens | Lotto Soudal | 15:16:00 |
| 78 | Giovanni Carboni | Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | 15:17:00 |
| 79 | Tony Gallopin | AG2R Citroën Team | 15:18:00 |
| 80 | Davide Villella | Movistar Team | 15:19:00 |
| 81 | James Knox | Deceuninck-QuickStep | 15:20:00 |
| 82 | Gianni Moscon | Ineos Grenadiers | 15:21:00 |
| 83 | Mikel Nieve | Team BikeExchange | 15:22:00 |
| 84 | Guy Niv | Israel Start-up Nation | 15:23:00 |
| 85 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | 15:24:00 |
| 86 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 15:25:00 |
| 87 | Simon Guglielmi | Groupama-FDJ | 15:26:00 |
| 88 | Márton Dina | Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | 15:27:00 |
| 89 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 15:28:00 |
| 90 | Michael Storer | Team DSM | 15:29:00 |
| 91 | Juan Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates | 15:30:00 |
| 92 | Oscar Riesebeek | Alpecin-Fenix | 15:31:00 |
| 93 | Simon Pellaud | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 15:32:00 |
| 94 | Tobias Foss | Jumbo-Visma | 15:33:00 |
| 95 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Team Qhubeka Assos | 15:34:00 |
| 96 | Jens Keukeleire | EF Education-Nippo | 15:35:00 |
| 97 | Felix Grossschartner | Bora-Hansgrohe | 15:36:00 |
| 98 | Harold Tejada Canacue | Astana-Premier Tech | 15:37:00 |
| 99 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | 15:38:00 |
| 100 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 15:39:00 |
| 101 | Filippo Fiorelli | Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | 15:40:00 |
| 102 | Larry Warbasse | AG2R Citroën Team | 15:41:00 |
| 103 | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar Team | 15:42:00 |
| 104 | Rémi Cavagna | Deceuninck-QuickStep | 15:43:00 |
| 105 | Daniel Martinez | Ineos Grenadiers | 15:44:00 |
| 106 | Tanel Kangert | Team BikeExchange | 15:45:00 |
| 107 | Davide Cimolai | Israel Start-up Nation | 15:46:00 |
| 108 | Victor Lafay | Cofidis | 15:47:00 |
| 109 | Matej Mohorič | Bahrain Victorious | 15:48:00 |
| 110 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 15:49:00 |
| 111 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | 15:50:00 |
| 112 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 15:51:00 |
| 113 | Nicolas Roche | Team DSM | 15:52:00 |
| 114 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 15:53:00 |
| 115 | Gianni Vermeersch | Alpecin-Fenix | 15:54:00 |
| 116 | Andrii Ponomar | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 15:55:00 |
| 117 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | 15:56:00 |
| 118 | Mauro Schmid | Team Qhubeka Assos | 15:57:00 |
| 119 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-Nippo | 15:58:00 |
| 120 | Maciej Bodnar | Bora-Hansgrohe | 15:59:00 |
| 121 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 16:00:00 |
| 122 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | |
| 123 | Tomasz Marczynski | Lotto Soudal | 16:02:00 |
| 124 | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | 16:03:00 |
| 125 | Alexis Gougeard | AG2R Citroën Team | 16:04:00 |
| 126 | Dario Cataldo | Movistar Team | 16:05:00 |
| 127 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-QuickStep | 16:06:00 |
| 128 | Pavel Sivakov | Ineos Grenadiers | 16:07:00 |
| 129 | Callum Scotson | Team BikeExchange | 16:08:00 |
| 130 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-up Nation | 16:09:00 |
| 131 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 16:10:00 |
| 132 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 16:11:00 |
| 133 | Antoine Duchesne | Groupama-FDJ | 16:12:00 |
| 134 | Vincenzo Albanese | Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | 16:13:00 |
| 135 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 16:14:00 |
| 136 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 16:15:00 |
| 137 | Valerio Conti | UAE Team Emirates | 16:16:00 |
| 138 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 16:17:00 |
| 139 | Jefferson Cepeda | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 16:18:00 |
| 140 | Jos van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | 16:19:00 |
| 141 | Maximilian Walscheid | Team Qhubeka Assos | 16:20:00 |
| 142 | Julius van den Berg | EF Education-Nippo | 16:21:00 |
| 143 | Peter Sagan | Bora-Hansgrohe | 16:22:00 |
| 144 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana-Premier Tech | 16:23:00 |
| 145 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek-Segafredo | 16:24:00 |
| 146 | Stefano Oldani | Lotto Soudal | 16:25:00 |
| 147 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | 16:26:00 |
| 148 | Clément Champoussin | AG2R Citroën Team | 16:27:00 |
| 149 | Albert Torres Barcelo | Movistar Team | 16:28:00 |
| 150 | João Almeida | Deceuninck-QuickStep | 16:29:00 |
| 151 | Egan Bernal Gomez | Ineos Grenadiers | 16:30:00 |
| 152 | Simon Yates | Team BikeExchange | 16:31:00 |
| 153 | Daniel Martin | Israel Start-up Nation | 16:32:00 |
| 154 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis | 16:33:00 |
| 155 | Jan Tratnik | Bahrain Victorious | 16:34:00 |
| 156 | Romain Seigle | Groupama-FDJ | 16:35:00 |
| 157 | Edward Ravasi | Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | 16:36:00 |
| 158 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 16:37:00 |
| 159 | Jai Hindley | Team DSM | 16:38:00 |
| 160 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 16:39:00 |
| 161 | Louis Vervaeke | Alpecin-Fenix | 16:40:00 |
| 162 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec | 16:41:00 |
| 163 | George Bennett | Jumbo-Visma | 16:42:00 |
| 164 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Team Qhubeka Assos | 16:43:00 |
| 165 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-Nippo | 16:44:00 |
| 166 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-Hansgrohe | 16:45:00 |
| 167 | Fabio Felline | Astana-Premier Tech | 16:46:00 |
| 168 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | 16:47:00 |
| 169 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 16:48:00 |
| 170 | Giovanni Visconti | Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | 16:49:00 |
| 171 | Andrea Vendrame | AG2R Citroën Team | 16:50:00 |
| 172 | Marc Soler | Movistar Team | 16:51:00 |
| 173 | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck-QuickStep | 16:52:00 |
| 174 | Filippo Ganna | Ineos Grenadiers | 16:53:00 |
| 175 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 16:54:00 |
| 176 | Patrick Bevin | Israel Start-up Nation | 16:55:00 |
| 177 | Natnael Berhane | Cofidis | 16:56:00 |
| 178 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | 16:57:00 |
| 179 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 16:58:00 |
| 180 | Samuele Rivi | Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team | 16:59:00 |
| 181 | Andrea Pasqualon | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 17:00:00 |
| 182 | Romain Bardet | Team DSM | 17:01:00 |
| 183 | Fernando Gaviria Rendon | UAE Team Emirates | 17:02:00 |
| 184 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Fenix | 17:03:00 |