The Giro d'Italia has a long history of housing great breakaway artists, with the likes of Thomas De Gendt and Alessandro De Marchi immediately springing to mind from recent years, even if the latter never did win a stage before retirement.
And while it may seem somewhat of a dying art at GTs, with sprint teams collaborating to ensure their quick men all get a chance, and GC riders like Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard taking every opportunity to impose themselves, one rider will without doubt be flying the flag for la fuga in 2026: Alec Segaert.
