Here we are. The 106th edition of the Giro d'Italia will start on Saturday 6 May with an individual time trial and will continue until 28 May with the final stage in Rome, after 21 stages, two rest days and 3,481km.

22 teams of 8 riders each at the start: a total of 176 at the start . There are 18 WorldTour teams plus four Professional wildcards: the Italian Green Project Bardiani-Csf Faizané, Eolo-Kometa and Team Corratec, and Israel-Premier Tech.

There are four jerseys: pink (general classification), cyclamen (points classification), blue (mountain) and white (youth), reserved for those born on or after 1 January 1998. Five uphill finishes: Gran Sasso-Campo Imperatore, Crans Montana (Switzerland), Monte Bondone, Val di Zoldo and Tre Cime di Lavaredo, plus the Tarvisio-Monte Lussari uphill time trial on the penultimate day.

Cima Coppi , i.e. the highest peak, is in Swiss territory: it will be the Gran San Bernardo at 2469 meters above sea level. The stage with the hardest difference in height is the 19th, Longarone-Tre Cime di Lavaredo, 183 km and 5400 meters: to climb Campolongo, Valparola, Giau, Tre Croci and Tre Cime di Lavaredo.

Those who have followed our latest live feeds and Fantacycling's social channels know that there are two favourites: Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic . But the fight for the podium is much wider.

Let's name Joao Almeida, Geraint Thomas, Aleksandr Vlasov, Damiano Caruso, Jack Haig and Tao Geoghegan Hart . Then many riders to be taken into consideration for the stage successes and a brilliant top 10 final such as Jay Vine and Brandon McNulty of Uae Emirates, Eddie Dunbar of Team Jayco AlUla, Pavel Sivakov and Thymen Arensman of Ineos Grenadier, Thibaut Pinot of Groupama Fdj, Rigoberto Uran and Hugh Carthy from Ef Education EasyPost, Lennard Kamna from Bora hansgrohe and Santiago Buitrago from Bahrain Victorious, Lorenzo Fortunato from Eolo Kometa .

Few opportunities for fast wheels while the chances for breakaways from a distance able to reach the finish line are different. In this regard we can mention, among the sprinters , Kaden Groves, Mark Cavendish, Simone Consonni, Magnus Cort, Pascal Ackermann, Fernando Gaviria, Michael Matthews, Mads Pedersen and Alberto Dainese .

While among the strikers, attention to Samuele Battistella, Ben Healy, Vincenzo Albanese, Stefan Kung, Lorenzo Rota, Warren Barguil, Filippo Zana, Bauke Mollema and Alessandro Covi .

Watch our latest live with the Giro tier lists: TIER LIST PINK, BLUE, CYCLAMEN and WHITE JERSEY - Giro D'Italia 2023 - YouTube