Ineos Grenadiers has announced its lineup for the 2022 Giro d'Italia, with 2019 winner Richard Kalapas confirmed as overall leader.

After finishing on the podium in all three Grand Tours, finishing fourth in 2018, and taking an unexpected but deserved overall win in the 2019 Giro d'Italia, Kalapas will look to succeed fellow South American Egan Bernal as overall winner again this May, taking Verona (in 2019) on May 29. If Calapaz wins the overall for the second time in Verona (the same city where the race finished in 2019 and will also host a similar short time trial), it will also be Ineos Grenadiers' fourth Giro d'Italia win in five years.

Perhaps the most eye-catching addition to the 2022 Ineos Grenadiers lineup is the surprise winner of 2020, Londoner Tao Geoghegan Hart. His compatriot Tom Pidcock was also initially considered a possible Giro contender for the Ineos Grenadiers, but is now said to be more likely to compete in the Tour de France.

However, British fans will be able to watch the progress of 20-year-old Ben Tullett, who has already won the Coppi e Bartali in Italy this year and is making his Grand Tour debut.

Calapaz can also look forward to the presence of veteran Grand Tour challenger Richie Porte, talented climber Pavel Sivakov, and talented all-rounders like Honatan Narvaez, former Giro d'Italia leader Salvatore Puccio, and current British national champion Ben Swift. The team can also count on the presence of talented all-rounders such as former Giro d'Italia leader Salvatore Puccio and current British national champion Ben Swift. Also, one of cycling's most dependable team workers in recent years, Basque Jonatan Castroviejo, will be competing in his 15th Grand Tour.

"It was really special when I won the Giro d'Italia in 2019, and above all it was a race I always wanted to compete in, so winning was an incredible moment," Karapas said in a team press release.

"It was an important victory for my country. It was the beginning of a new era of cycling for Ecuador. It also affected me mentally, as it proved that I have the ability to succeed as a Grand Tour racer."

"I am very happy to have won the Grand Tour," Carapaz said.

This season, Porte is still far from winning, but he has had good results in two stage races, finishing fourth overall in the Tirreno-Adriatico and seventh overall in the Tour of the Alps.

"I spent my amateur years in Italy, which was like a cycling apprenticeship," he said. And in 2010, I competed in the Giro as a neo-pro and found myself wearing the pink jersey for three days."

"It was incredible, and to be honest, it's still one of the best memories of my career. I'm honored to finish my last Grand Tour in the Giro."