What the first announcement in Milan in October had suggested, Brixen/Bressanone has confirmed in full: the Tour of the Alps has another outstanding edition in store from April 20th to 24th 2020, as expectations rocketed sky-high after organizing company GS Alto Garda has presented the list of the teams to take the start of the UCI Pro Series event.

The Tour of the Alps’ DNA is made of short and intense stages in an exciting crescendo – in compliance with the #LiveUphill payoff – where champions like Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali managed to shine, and the likes of Geraint Thomas (2017), Thibaut Pinot (2018) and rising star Pavel Sivakov (2019) secured the overall glory in the first three years of the new project. Once again, a number of top-notch contenders are to line up for the 2020 crown.

The presence of eight UCI World Tour Teams confirms the Tour of the Alps’ positioning as an exciting and enticing race, as well as a crucial dress rehearsal ahead of the Giro d’Italia. As usual in the recent years, Team INEOS will be present after winning the competition multiple times under the name of Team Sky, including last year’s edition with Pavel Sivakov. It is not clear yet whether the Russian will take part in the Euroregional race to defend his title. Still, everything suggests that the winner of the last Giro d’Italia, Richard Carapaz, could pass through the Tour of the Alps to launch another assault to Pink, aiming for a back-to-back that the Corsa Rosa has not seen since the Indurain era.

New team, but similar calendar for Vincenzo Nibali. Vincenzo will be Trek-Segafredo‘s leader at the start from Brixen/Bressanone after the great show given last year and the numerous victories achieved at the Giro del Trentino. Romain Bardet has already announced the Tour of the Alps as part of his roadmap to his Giro d’Italia debut with Ag2r La Mondiale, as did Pole Rafal Majka of Bora-hansgrohe – among the top riders also in 2019 – and Liege-Bastogne-Liege winner Jakob Fuglsang, the GC captain for Astana at the Giro d’Italia.