Vingegaard says he is not the 'only favorite' in the Giro

Jonas Vingegaard may be the heavy favorite for the Giro d'Italia, but the Visma-Lease a Bike leader was sufficiently deferential to the rest of the field in a pre-race media appearance in Bulgaria, unwilling to agree with an interviewer who suggested that he was the "only favorite in the race." "There's a lot of other strong guys here that also have a chance, so I don't think that quote is correct," he said on Thursday. He also characterized this Giro as one that has challenges sprinkled throughout, saying, "There's a lot of hard stages here, already a little bit here in Bulgaria, but then there's a lot of hard stages to come throughout the Giro so you have to be focused every day."