Giro: Osmerici razkrili tudi pri dveh favoritih, potrjeni trije Slovenci

Postopoma tudi uradno dobivamo imena kolesarjev, ki bodo nastopili na prihajajoči dirki po Italiji. Ta se bo začela v oddaljenem Izraelu.

Zdaj je že jasno, kdo bo Tomu Dumoulinu pomagal braniti lansko zmago, pa tudi s kakšnimi pomočniki se bo na startu pojavil Christopher Froome. Jasno je že, da bodo na dirki nastopili tudi Jan Polanc, Matej Mohorič in Domen Novak. Tu je seznam tistih ekip, ki so že tudi uradno potrdile imena.

Potrjene ekipe
Sunweb: Tom Dumoulin, Roy Curvers, Chad Haga, Chris Hamilton, Lennard Hofstede, Sam Oomen, Laurens Ten Dam in Louis Vervaeke.
Sky: Christopher Froome, David De la Cruz, Kenny Elissonde, Sergio Luis Henao, Vasilij Kirijenka, Christian Knees, Wout Poels in Salvatore Puccio.
UAE Team Emirates: Fabio Aru, Jan Polanc, John Darwin Atapuma, Valerio Conti, Vegard Stake Laengen, Marco Marcato, Manuele Mori in Diego Ulissi.
Bahrain Merida: Matej Mohorič, Domen Novak, Domenico Pozzovivo, Antonio Nibali, Manuele Boaro, Giovanni Visconti, Konstantin Sivcov in Niccolo Bonifazio.
Dimension Data: Louis Meintjes, Igor Anton, Natnael Berhane, Ryan Gibbons, Benjamin King, Ben O'Connor, Jacques Janse Van Rensburg in Jaco Venter.
Katjuša Alpecin: Maksim Belkov, Alex Dowsett, Jose Goncalves, Vjačeslav Kuznjecov, Maurits Lammertink, Tony Martin, Baptiste Planckaert in Mads Wurtz Schmidt.
LottoNL Jumbo: Enrico Battaglin, George Bennett, Koen Bouwman, Jos Van Emden, Robert Gesink, Gijs Van Hoecke, Bert Jan Lindeman in Danny Van Poppel.
Bora Hansgrohe: Davide Formolo, Cesare Benedetti, Sam Bennett, Felix Grossschartner, Patrick Konrad, Christoph Pfingsten, Rudiger Selig in Andreas Schillinger.
Mitchelton Scott: Johan Esteban Chaves, Sam Bewly, Jack Haig, Christopher Juul Jensen, Roman Kreuziger, Mikel Nieve, Svein Tuft in Simon Yates.
Lotto Soudal: Tim Wellens, Sander Armee, Lars Ytting Bak, Victor Campenaerts, Jens Debusschere, Frederik Frison, Adam Hansen in Tosh Van der Sande.
Movistar: Carlos Betancur, Richard Carapaz, Victor De la Parte, Ruben Fernandez, Antonio Pedrero, Dayer Quintana, Eduardo Sepulveda in Rafael Valls.
Androni Sidermec Bottecchia: Francesco Gavazzi, Davide Ballerini, Manuel Belletti, Mattia Cattaneo, Marco Frapporti, Fausto Masnada, Rodolfo Andres Torres in Andrea Vendrame.
Izrael Cycling Academy: Ben Hermans, Guillaume Boivin, Zakkari Dempster, Krists Neilands, Guy Niv, Ruben Plaza in Kristian Sbaragli.
Bardiani CSF: Giulio Ciccone, Simone Andreetta, Enrico Barbin, Andre Guardini, Mirco Maestri, Manuel Senni, Paolo Simion in Alessandro Tonelli.