Sprinters have long had their day at Grande Partenze of the Giro d'Italia, with opening stages throughout history often offering up something for the fast men and Mark Cavendish, Alessandro Petacchi and Robbie McEwan being among those to don the maglia rosa.
When you look at the favourites for the opening day of the 108th Giro, you would assume the sprinters had again been given priority to chase the first pink jersey, but it's far from that simple, with the Albanian start presenting a tough, rolling 160km route from one of its oldest cities, Durrës, to the capital, Tirana.
