Barely two days after Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the WorldTour teams are already shifting their focus to Romandie, where one of the tougher week-long(ish) stage races is on the calendar. We won’t see many Giro favorites lining up at the start here, but that doesn’t make the start list any less interesting. IDLProCycling gives you a preview of the action!
In the years when Sky/INEOS were chasing Tour victories, the Swiss race was traditionally seen as one of the key indicators ahead of the Tour de France. In 2025, the focus has largely shifted to altitude training camps, but with riders like Remco Evenepoel and Joao Almeida present, quality certainly isn’t lacking. Giro favorites will not be lining up at the start here, as Romandie is too close to the three-week race in Italy.
Last year, Carlos Rodriguez claimed the overall victory after a very exciting finale, thus restoring the series of INEOS wins from the 2010s. The BORA-hansgrohe duo Aleksandr Vlasov and Florian Lipowitz finished at seven and nine seconds behind, respectively.
