Alberto Contador Q&A: First rest day to show if Tao Geoghegan Hart or Geraint Thomas is Ineos leader at Giro d'Italia

Alberto Contador thinks it will be clear by the Giro d'Italia's first rest day which of Tao Geoghegan Hart or Geraint Thomas is Ineos Grenadiers' leader in the race. The British outfit have gone into the 2023 edition of the famous race effectively with dual leadership, with further high-quality cards to play in the form of Filippo Ganna and Thymen Arensman too. Ad It's perhaps part of a wider bid to destabilise pre-race favourites Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel during the three-week parcours, which begins on Saturday, May 6 in Fossacesia.

Giro d'Italia'Ineos have very strong cards to play' — Geoghegan Hart's gameplan in bid for Giro double2 HOURS AGO Ahead of the race, Eurosport caught up with seven-time Grand Tour winner Alberto Contador — himself twice an overall winner of the Giro in 2008 and 2015 — to discuss the teams and the route. Eurosport: Which team is the strongest and does it impact teams not having one single leader? Alberto Contador: If you are the leader you are not happy when you have another rider that is trying to be the team’s leader. But if we look at Ineos, Thomas was really strong and Tao is maybe not at the same level, but in the Tour of the Alps, Tao was really strong.

Ineos will play with these two riders and Arensman too who is a really strong rider and a big talent. After the race, we will know which was the leader for Ineos. I think we will know after the first rest day.

Thomas has had many years fighting for the GC and we will see. This Giro is important for him to go for a good position. E: The Giro d'Italia involves an incredible 50,000 metres of altitude and almost 3,500 kilometres of racing, with three time trials and five mountain finishes.