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Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe name Giro line-up around Hindley and Pellizzari
Hindley and Pellizzari lead a GC-focused Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe line-up for the 2026 Giro d’Italia.
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Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe will start the 2026 Giro d’Italia with Jai Hindley and Giulio Pellizzari as its GC leaders, supported by a line-up built for three demanding weeks from Nessebar to Rome.
The 109th edition of the Corsa Rosa begins on Friday, 8 May in Nessebar, on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. With seven summit finishes, one long and flat individual time trial, and a demanding final week, the route offers a broad test for the GC contenders and their teams.
Hindley returns to the Giro as a former winner of the race and with a special history on the roads of this year’s route. The Australian won on Blockhaus in 2022, the climb that, this year, provides the first major summit finish of the race on stage 7. Alongside him, Pellizzari starts his home Grand Tour with growing experience, clear progression and an important role within the team’s GC ambitions.
The two leaders will be supported by a group selected for both the mountains and the pressure points of the race. Aleksandr Vlasov brings climbing strength and is another important card for the team on the hardest days. Giovanni Aleotti and Ben Zwiehoff add further support once the race turns uphill, while Mick van Dijke, Gianni Moscon and Nico Denz bring power, experience and control to the flat, rolling and medium-mountain stages. Denz returns to a race where he has already won three stages.
Line-Up Giro 2026
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Zak Dempster, Chief of Sports:
“We start this Giro with a clear GC focus and with two riders who bring different strengths to that ambition. Jai knows what it takes to win this race, and Giulio continues to take important steps in his development. They have a good relationship, and around them we have selected a group that gives us experience, climbing strength and control across different types of stages.
The route is demanding. There are the obvious mountain days, but there are also long stages, nervous finals, rolling terrain and moments where positioning and calm decision-making can make a big difference. That is why the balance of this line-up matters. We have riders who can protect Jai and Giulio before the climbs, riders who can guide the race when it becomes stressful, and riders who can still be there deep into the mountains. We want to race with ambition, but also with composure, and give both leaders the support they need to be in the fight when the Giro reaches its decisive moments.”
Line-up Giro 2026:
- Giovanni Aleotti
- Nico Denz
- Jai Hindley
- Gianni Moscon
- Giulio Pellizzari
- Mick van Dijke
- Aleksandr Vlasov
- Ben Zwiehoff
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