The Grande Partenza for the Vuelta a España this August in Turin has created a wave of expectation about what the host nation for the opening stage can achieve in the final Grand Tour of 2025, with up-and-coming Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) finding himself at centre of much of the speculation regarding potential challenges by Italy.
Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) will be a natural favourite for the time trial stage in Valladolid on stage 17, and will be in the centre of the limelight when the race leaves from his home region of Piemonte on August 23.
