The exploits of the first cyclist from Uruguay to participate in the Giro d'Italia, win a stage and wear the Maglia Rosa, Tuttobiciweb has documented for you at the Tour of Hainan, a race he won shortly before coming to Italy for the Giro, and then yesterday after his victory in the second "Bulgarian" stage that handed him the leadership of the GC. What we particularly want to clarify today, however, on the third day of racing from Plovdiv to Sofia, is how we should call him.

When we read Guillermo Thomas Silva, the instinct is to call him by his full name (to avoid risks) or take it for granted that it's correct to call him simply Guillermo Silva. However, if we look at his Instagram profile, which is more expressive of the person than any PCS profile, he calls himself Thomas Silva there. Only by his second name, then. This is already a strong indication of the name with which to identify the 24-year-old former Caja Rural athlete.

Definitive confirmation comes from the journalists on the ground: at the beginning of today's broadcast, RAI commentator Francesco Pancani recounted how the mechanics of XDS Astana, when asked "how is Guillermo?" replied "Guillermo who?" because for them (and from today, we're certain, it will be for everyone) this rider is simply Thomas Silva.

Having definitively clarified this point, let's open a parenthesis on the dynamics of double first name and double surname typical of Spanish and South American names. In these cases, for the sake of accuracy and journalistic duty, it's good practice to take an extra step and verify what the actual denomination is with which the interested parties are known in everyday life, beyond the complete official records.

A textbook case in this regard, and one that can help all of you navigate when you encounter the two guys in question, is that of the Cepeda cousins, who have the same first name: Jefferson. The one more famous in Italy is Jefferson Alexander Cepeda, born in 1998, one of the discoveries of Gianni Savio, since 2023 with Education First: 6 career victories for him, who's also racing the Giro as a potential GC contender for the colorful EF. The other is the older Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda, who after five years with Caja Rural made the jump to the World Tour last year with Movistar and has 8 victories to his name.

How to distinguish them, then?
Instagram comes to our aid here too: the EF man formerly of Androni uses his second name, so he is effectively Alexander Cepeda.
The thirty-year-old from Movistar, who's not at the Giro but raced the Tour de Romandie last week, has opted for his first name: we could therefore define him as the Jefferson Cepeda "properly speaking".