This week isn’t all about the Ardennes. The Tour of the Alps kicks off Monday and a swathe of grand tour stars are set to race across a saw’s tooth five-stage parcours. With the Giro d’Italia just 20 days away and the Tour de France looming on the horizon, this week’s Alpine tour sits perfectly placed for stage-racing greats to tune-up and tweak their three-week engines. From the future of Chris Froome and Thibaut Pinot, to the pink jersey quests of Simon Yates and Jai Hindley, there will be some must-watch storylines spinning out of the Austrian and Italian mountains this week.