Ivan Santaromita is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the Quick-Step–Innergetic, Liquigas–Doimo, BMC Racing Team, Orica–GreenEDGE, Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli and Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè teams.
Marco Canola is an Italian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2022.
Iuri Filosi is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, but finished outside the time limit on Stage 8.
The 2015 Il Lombardia was a one-day cycling classic that took place around Lake Como in Lombardy in northern Italy on 4 October 2015. It was the 109th edition of the Il Lombardia one-day cycling race and was the final cycling monument of the 2015 season, as well as being the final race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The race was organised by RCS Sport, who also organise the Giro d'Italia.
Masakazu Ito is a Japanese cyclist, who currently rides for and manages Japanese amateur team Ciel Bleu Kanoya.
Sho Hatsuyama is a Japanese former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2019 for the Utsunomiya Blitzen, Bridgestone–Anchor and Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè teams. His first victory in a road race as a professional was in the 2013 Tour de Okinawa, which he won after the first-place finisher was demoted due to rule violations. In October 2015, he won the ninth stage of the Tour de Singkarak. He became the Japanese road race champion in June 2016. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Nicola Bagioli is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam B&B Hotels p/b KTM. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Miguel Eduardo Flórez López is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team GW Shimano–Sidermec. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Hideto Nakane is a Japanese professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2022.
Damiano Cima is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Gazprom–RusVelo. His younger brother Imerio Cima is also a cyclist, and is also part of the Gazprom–RusVelo squad. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia, and won stage 18 of the race.
Imerio Cima is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Gazprom–RusVelo. His older brother Damiano Cima is also a cyclist, and is also part of the Gazprom–RusVelo squad.
Hayato Yoshida is a former-professional Japanese cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Matrix Powertag.
Hiroki Nishimura is a Japanese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Utsunomiya Blitzen.
Giovanni Lonardi is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Polti Kometa. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the 2019 cycling season. The race started with an individual time trial in Bologna, and finished with another time-trial in Verona. The race was won by Richard Carapaz, who became the first Ecuadorian rider to win the Giro d'Italia. Italian Vincenzo Nibali finished 2nd, with Slovenian rider Primož Roglič in 3rd place. Carapaz also became the second South American rider to win the Giro, after Nairo Quintana in 2014.
The 2019 Giro di Sicilia was the twenty-fourth edition of the Giro di Sicilia, a men's multi-stage bicycle race. It was held between 3 and 6 June 2019 and was organised as a 2.1 event in the UCI Europe Tour. The race was won by Brandon McNulty.
The 2019 Giro dell'Emilia was the 102nd edition of the Giro dell'Emilia road cycling one day race. It was held on 5 October 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour as a 1.HC-ranked event. It was won by Slovenian rider Primož Roglič of Team Jumbo–Visma.
The 2019 Gran Piemonte was the 103rd edition of the Gran Piemonte single-day cycling race. It was held on 10 October, over a distance of 183 km, starting in Agliè and ending in the Sanctuary of Oropa.