105th edition of the 'Corsa Rosa'

Alejandro Valverde's last appearance in the opening Grand Tour of the season, Iván Sosa's hopes after Asturias GC win headline Blues' chances as they bring lineup combining experience and youth.

2022 GIRO GUIDE | All info on the Movistar Team and the ‘Corsa Rosa’

Just four days away from the start of the 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia, the Movistar Team confirmed on Monday their eight-man lineup for the first three-week Grand Tour of the 2022 season.

Alejandro Valverde and Iván Sosa spearhead a block also featuring José Joaquín Rojas, Jorge Arcas, Sergio Samitier, Antonio Pedrero, Oier Lazkano and Will Barta. Maximilian Sciandri and Iván Velasco will be Blues’ sports directors in Italy.

The experience and brilliance of ‘Bala’, an overall podium finisher (3rd) + stage winner in his only Giro appearance to date (2016), and the talent of Sosa, last week’s GC victor in Asturias, will be combined with the reliability of Arcas and Rojas -20th career Grand Tour appearance-; the climbing prowess of Pedrero -top-25 overall in the last two editions of the race- and Samitier -13th in 2020-; and the youth and committed work from Lazkano -second Grand Tour for him- and Barta, who, just like Oier and Jorge, will make his Giro debut.