Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart to Tour of the Alps as Ineos' four Giro d'Italia leaders test form

Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers)
Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) (Image credit: Ineos Grenadiers)

Ineos Grenadiers will field their Giro d’Italia team leaders at next week’s Tour of the Alps, with Geraint Thomas, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Pavel Sivakov and Thymen Arensman part of their squad for the five-day stage race in Austria and Italy. 

Remco Evenepoel will be in Belgium for Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Primoz Roglic has opted not to race before the Giro but Ineos Grenadiers always use the mountainous route of the Tour of the Alps as a key final race before the Corsa Rosa. 

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