Dark horse Evenepoel challenges Yates, Bernal in Giro d Italia Remco Evenepoel burst into the limelight with success in all four stage races that he took part in last season, including the Tour of Poland, before his horror fall. Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel of Deceuninck-Quick Step team arrives on stage at the Castello del Valentino (Valentine Castle) in Turin, on 6 May 2021 for the opening ceremony of the presentation of participating teams and riders, two days ahead of the departure of the Giro d Italia 2021 cycling race. Picture: Luca Bettini/AFP
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TURIN - Young Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel returns from injury with hopes high that he can challenge the likes Simon Yates and Egan Bernal in the Giro d Italia, which gets underway on Saturday.
Giro d’Italia preview: Remco Evenepoel takes fight to Simon Yates, Egan Bernal AFP
Young Belgian rider
Simon Yates and
The 21-year-old, dubbed the heir to the legendary Eddy Merckx, fractured his pelvis after hitting a bridge wall and plunging into a ravine during the Tour of Lombardy in Italy last August.
Saturday’s opening stage is an 8.6km time trial along the River Po in Turin, and after covering 3 480km around the peninsula the Giro finishes back in the north in front of Milan’s Duomo on May 30.
Former Vuelta a Espana winner Yates, who was forced to retire from last year’s delayed Giro after testing positive for Covid-19, returns and warmed up with a win on the Tour of the Alps.
Five key stages on the 2021 Giro d Italia
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07/05/2021 - 04:11 Wout van Aert on the white gravel roads of the Strade Bianche, a section of which has been selected for the 2021 Giro MARCO BERTORELLO AFP/File 2 min
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AFP Sport takes a look at the five key stages of the 2021 Giro d Italia, which runs from May 8-30, before Saturday s opening 8.6km time-trial along the River Po in Turin:
Strade Bianchi to kick up some dust
Stage 11: Perugia - Montalcino, 162km
As the dust settles on the early running and the first rest day, stage 11 through Tuscany will kick up a new cloud on the 35km section that gives the Strade Bianchi classic its name.
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