Nibali, Landa, Valverde, Viviani, Majka and more loosen up their legs with training rides around Appeldoorn on Wednesday
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Vincenzo Nibali steps up the Astana bus. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Michele Scarponi (Astana) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff riders bundled up for Wednesday's training ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Paolo Slongo (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Simone Petilli (Lampre - Merida) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Astana's Jan Valach and Pavel Brutt check the details of today's ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Lampre - Merida's Roberto Ferrari and Sacha Modolo. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Sacha Modolo (Lampre - Merida) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Vincenzo Nibali leads the Astana ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Nibali ponders the 2016 Giro road book. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff train in Holland while the local livestock poses for a photo (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff riders prepare for their ride on Wednesday. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Team Sky riders start rolling. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Astana riders train in Holland on Wednesday. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Matej Mohoric checks his phone before the Lampre - Merida ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Matteo Tosatto (Tinkoff) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Some light reading before today's training ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Vincenzo Nibali prepares for Wednesday's training ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Alejandro Valverde tests out his time trial bike. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff train near Appeldoorn. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Movistar riders get ready for their training ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
The bags are packed at Tinkoff. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
A mechanic glues tyres in preparation for the Giro. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff train in the Dutch countryside ahead of the 2016 Giro d'Italia. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Vincenzo Nibali at the head of affairs for Astana. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Carlos Betancur gets ready to ride on Wednesday. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Team Sky's Elia Viviani (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Astana riders train in Holland ahead of the 2016 Giro. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Astana riders train in Holland ahead of the 2016 Giro. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Jasha Sutterlin (Movistar) signs an autograph (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Elia Viviani rolls out. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Mikel Nieve (Team Sky) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Vincenzo Nibali makes some last-minute adjustments. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
A Nippo - Vini Fantini mechanic works on a team bike. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Jay McCarthy (Tinkoff) checks his seat height. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff riders train in Holland ahead of the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Mikel Landa trains on Wednesday. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Elia Viviani (Team Sky) inspects his bike. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff train in Holland on Wednesday. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Movistar riders get ready for Sunday's training ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Matteo Tosatto (Tinkoff) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Gluing a few tyres for the 2016 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff train in Holland on Wednesday. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Vincenzo Nibali loosens up with a training ride on Wednesday. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Jay McCarthy (Tinkoff) checks his seat height. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Team Sky's Mikel Landa. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Katush'as Ilnur Zakarin (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Diego Ulissi (Lampre - Merida) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Team Sky's Nicolas Roche (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Sacha Modolo (Lampre - Merida) (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Vincenzo Nibali prepares for Wednesday's ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff's Rafal Majka and Pawel Poljanski (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tinkoff bikes ready for the ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Katusha's Ilnur Zakarin (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Vincenzo Nibali and Michele Scarponi on the Astana ride. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Even the pros obey the traffic signs. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Vinncenzo Nibali watches a team mechanic work on a pair of shoes. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
The Astana team train in Holland before the Giro. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Team Sky's Mikel Landa. (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Movistar's Jesus Herrada (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
With the riders taking part in the 2016 edition of the Giro d'Italia all assembled in Apeldoorn, Holland for stage 1 of the Cora Rosa, some of the GC contenders took the opportunity to stretch their legs ahead of Friday's time trial
While pre-race press conferences were scheduled across Wednesday, the likes of 2013 Giro winner Vincenzo Nibali and his Astana teammates found time to hit the Dutch roads for a ride. Mikel Landa, who will be one of NIbali's fiercest rivals across the next three weeks, also found time for a ride following Team Sky's press conference.
The Tinkoff, Movistar and Lampre-Merida squads were also spotted out riding under sunny skies.
Click or swipe through the gallery above for a closer look at the team's final preparation for the first grand tour of the year.
Cyclingnews will have live coverage of the all the pre-race action on Thursday which will be followed by live coverage of all 21 stages.
