Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) will be the last man standing in the final time trial that marks the end of the Giro d'Italia for the second time, but this time with more than a minute to spare, he is expected to still be wearing his maglia rosa at the end of the 17.4km final stage.

The Australian gave up the pink jersey to Tao Geoghegan Hart in the final race of 2020, but at the time the two were tied until stage 21.

This time, Hindley may have gained a psychological advantage by widening the gap to second-place finisher Richard Kalapas (Ineos Grenadiers) and by dropping the Ecuadorian on the final climb to widen the three-second overall gap to 1:25.

Carapas, who won the last time the race finished in Verona in 2019, will also need to watch the time of Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious), the third last-place finisher, who passed the suffering Carapas on stage 20 and reduced the overall gap to 26 seconds.

At the other end of the Giro d'Italia overall standings sits Roger Kluge (Lotto Soudal), who started the race as sprint support for Caleb Yuan and is more than 7 hours behind Hindley. Kluge, who is last in the standings, will be the first rider off the start ramp at 14:00 local time (CET) on Sunday.

Riders will start one minute apart, with the top 10 three minutes apart. Hindley is scheduled to leave the start gate at 16:48 local time, or 22:48 if you are watching from Hindley's hometown of Perth, Western Australia.

Verona's time trial course is located north of the city and features technical streets and corners, with a 4.5 km gradual climb in the middle of the stage.