Jayco-AlUla confirms Giro team that will support Ben O'Connor's GC bid

Jayco-AlUla is the third team to confirm its lineup for the first Grand Tour of the season. The 2026 Giro d'Italia will see Ben O'Connor headline the Australian WorldTeam with Pascal Ackermann also getting support for the sprint stages.

O'Connor returns to the Giro two years after finishing fourth overall, and six years after he took his first Grand Tour stage win in the Dolomites at the 2020 edition. Ackermann is another returning stage winner having taken at least one in each of his previous Giro starts, as is climber Koen Bouwman who won the mountains classification via two stage victories in 2022, and two-time winner Andrea Vendrame who's starting his home race for the ninth time. The team is also taking two Grand Tour debutants in Bob Donaldson and Alan Hatherly.

Jayco-AlUla's Giro d'Italia team:

• Ben O'Connor
• Pascal Ackermann
• Koen Bouwman
• Robert Donaldson
• Felix Engelhardt
• Alan Hatherly
• Christopher Juul-Jensen
• Andrea Vendrame