After the individual time trial, the sprinters will start their show. The Giro d’Italia will stay in the Netherlands for two more days and as the small country is almost completely flat, there will be lots of chances for the sprinters in the opening part of the race. Austalian rider Caleb Ewan has started his second grand tour and he hopes to win a stage.

Orica GreenEDGE sports director Matt White told Cyclingnews about his sprinter: "It is part of his development, but at the same time, part of his development is targeting winning. We are going into the Giro with the target of winning a stage and at the same time experiencing a very tough bike race. We will push the limits as hard as we can. How far that takes him, who knows? We have identified stages in the first 12 days that will be good for Caleb. We have riders to support him."

Caleb Ewan is dreaming about the Tour de France, but it is unknown when he will have the possibility to do the French race. "We are thinking long term with him as well. We want to put a really solid year into him this year and then he will benefit from that next year. But he still has the ability – even at 21 and as stretched as he will be … to be a winner, and when he gets opportunity he has been very effective at being competitive and winning. He certainly wont be going to the Tour this year, but there is one thing I have learned over the last couple of years. I don’t set any limits on the younger guys. For this year’s Tour for example … it’s not a good Tour de France for the pure sprinter,” White said. “There are not many pure flat stages. Who knows, next year they may go back to having a more traditional first week."