 During the presentation of the teams, the riders were asked to choose their top picks for the overall victory.Roberto Visentini garnered the most votes from his fellow riders, but Delgado, Hampsten and LeMond also received many votes.Many media outlets felt that the overall victory would likely go to a non-Italian rider due to the lack of Italian general classification competitors, but that Visentini had the best chance of winning out of competing Italians.