The Giro d'Italia' s list of major favourites lost another key name this week when it was confirmed that 2019 winner and 2025 podium finisher Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) would not be starting. Carapaz, 32, is recovering from surgery to remove a perineal cyst, his team said, and will now focus on the Tour de France. His absence is another major loss to the Giro d'Italia GC lineup, which has already seen some key names drop out this week. On Monday, it was confirmed that both former podium finisher and race leader João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), still rebuilding his condition after an early half of the year blighted by illness, and perennial dark horse favourite Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep), injured, would be non-starters. Article continues below “For me, it's a complete disappointment, because the Giro is a race that I've always had a lot of affection for and looked forward to,” Carapaz said in his press statement.…