SOUDAL QUICK-STEP. 8. Two stage wins with Paul Magnier, but if there had been another fifty meters they could have been three, because in Naples in addition to Davide Ballerini, the biggest performance came from the Transalpine sprinter himself. Slowed by a crash, Paul gets back in the saddle with the speed of a cat. In any case, the Giro of Bramati's boys is simply applause-worthy (12 top-ten finishes). The cyclamen jersey for now on Magnier's shoulders, who will do everything to defend it. Watch out for the young wolves.

DECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM. 8. They race like a great team, because they are one. They are practically the other side of the Visma medal: parallel racing. Always lucid, always reactive and always there. Seven top-ten finishes, a substantial third place in the general classification with Gall. You can only improve.

NSN CYCLING TEAM. 6. They are here to honor the Giro and they do it with the forces they have. Six top-ten finishes, Hirt who is in the top 20 (16th) and hopes to improve himself and by quite a bit. A top ten? Never say never.

LIDL-TREK. 5. At the moment the balance is deficient (ten top-ten finishes). One day in pink with Ciccone and then much suffering. Missing a signature from Milan and also from Ciccone, the cyclamen and blue jerseys are currently far away, like Derek Gee who is 9th: bare minimum.

EF EDUCATION EASY-POST. 6. Seven top-ten finishes and a Beloki trying to invent something.

TEAM POLTI VISIT MALTA. 8. They exhaust themselves every single day, trying to invent something and change the course of things. It's not easy to race with teams that are clearly better equipped than you, but the beautiful thing is that they do it with great effectiveness: seven top-ten finishes and a second place with Maestri in Milan that feels like a snub.

TEAM JAYCO ALULA. 6. It's likely that in this last week Brent Copeland's team will invent something (currently four top-ten finishes). They must do it, to give meaning to their Giro. Objective: to push O'Connor higher and higher, now 8th.

XDS ASTANA TEAM. 9. Fourteen top-ten finishes, no one like them. Three stage wins with Silva, Davide Ballerini and Alberto Bettiol. An attacking team, that will attack.

TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM. 8.5. They race with the bearing of a great team and it's no coincidence that in the special team classification they are third (nine top-ten finishes). Storer is 7th, young Rondel 11th. Last week of work to consolidate a classification that for Fabian Cancellara's team directed by Matteo Tosatto would be precious.

RED BULL BORA HANSGROHE. 5.5. In Giulio Pellizzari's management I have more than one doubt. Hindley should be the extra man, the one who guides and helps our Giulio, who is not only a treasure of Italian cycling, but also theirs. The Australian is in the final year of his contract and it seems to me he's racing his own race.

UNO X MOBILITY. 8. Ten top-ten finishes. A dramatic stage win in Milan with Lavik. A constant presence in the race that tells us this team is among the most effective in the group.

UAE EMIRATES. 8. Torn apart by the first stage, where they lose three important riders, they don't lose heart though. Hard fighting without fear: four stage wins with Arrieta and Narvaez (three). Possessed.

UNIBET ROSE ROCKETS. 5.5. They are the Cinderella of the group, currently closing the team classification with five top-ten finishes in total.

BARDIANI CSF 7 SABER. 7.5. They work hard every day (four top-ten finishes). There's not a day they don't try, that they don't put a man up front. That they don't try to write their own story. At the moment they're reaping less than what they've sown, but there's time for the harvest.

MOVISTAR TEAM. 6.5. Frankly they do a lot and do it well. For me they would also be one of the most in-form teams overall, but all the work done is not finalized by a Mas who is the most anticipated man ever. Some are born ready and others are granted eternal waiting. Who knows why. Lorenzo Milesi deserves a separate comment: so far a solid 8.

NETCOMPANY INEOS. 7. They are a team and they show it constantly. Ganna treats himself and gives them a stage to frame: the time trial at Massa. Now, however, there's fighting for the podium: Arensman isn't that far away, he's there.

BAHRAIN VICTORIUS. 8.5. One stage win with Segaert, nine days in the pink jersey with Afonso Eulalio, one of the big surprises of this "Corsa Rosa". Six top-ten finishes, but now they try to stay in the top ten of the general classification as well. I forgot, grandpa Caruso is 14th: he's coming.

LOTTO INTERMARCHÉ. 5.5. Three top-ten finishes and a Simone Gualdi who is showing what he's made of (he deserves a 7).

ALPECIN PREMIER TECH. 5. It's the poor copy of a reference team that sent a draft squad here.

TEAM PICNIC POSTNL. 4. Two top-ten finishes for a team that crosses Italy serenely.

VISMA LEASE A BIKE. 9. Three stage wins, the pink jersey and the blue jersey on Vingegaard's shoulders. Absolute control of everything, with a lucidity that makes them shine. Work finished? Let's hope they want to refine it.

GROUPAMA – FDJ UNITED. 5. Three top-ten finishes: they're thinking about the Tour.

PINARELLO Q36.5. 6.5. Very unlucky, but very present. Three top-ten finishes and two riders who are headed toward the top ten: Chris Harper (13th) and David de La Cruz (15th). Gabriele Missaglia has reason to be pleased.