After a GC shot at the Giro, Filippo Zana will switch into breakaway mode at Vuelta: "I would love to try and take a stage victory"
Cycling
For a long time, it seemed like Filippo Zana would land in the final top-10 at this year's Giro d'Italia, however the penultimate stage with double ascent of Monte Grappa didn't find the former Italian champion in a good shape as he lost almost ten minutes on the day and eventually settled for 11th spot overall. At the upcoming Vuelta a Espana, Team Jayco AlUla plans to play their cards in breakaways and Zana seems to have found a liking in this attackive mentality.
Zana showed great form and resilience at the Giro d’Italia earlier this year and is looking for another Grand Tour stage win to add to his palmarés after a Giro stage victory from 2023. Last year was also when Zana made a debut at the Vuelta, however his Spanish adventure was quickly terminated with an illness in fifth stage.
"I am looking forward to the Vuelta very much," Zana admits in a press release. "After the Giro I had two months of good training and I am feeling in good shape ahead of the race. It will only be my second time at the Vuelta and I would love to try and take a stage victory."
"The team we have has many climbers and riders to go for results from the breakaway. Aggressive racing will suit us well. It will be very hard, there’s a lot of good riders but we will fight everyday and try to make the most out of this opportunity," he concludes.
Along with Zana, also climbers Eddie Dunbar and Chris Harper make the trip for Gran Salida in Lisboa this Saturday. Whether any of them has plans for GC in the back of their head, we should find out rather quickly. Maybe in the opening 12-kilometer time trial already. None of the favourite would like to lose extensive amount of time there.
Read also
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- I think you overestimate scientific knowledge and for sure the spreading of it. There are huge numbers of people in similar situations, if there were an easy solution somebody would be making big money out of it. Nerve pain can have many complex origins or be due to complex combinations of reasons. Even if you discover a reason there is not always a solution. Migraines haven’t been solved either. I have had lower back/hip nerve pains on and off for over 30 years, no kind of doctor has ever found a way to reduce, prevent or solve the problem. It may just be that some people are born with nerves that are too short or get twisted out of position during certain movements.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- Amazing ride by her and very promising for her future. On a side note, it’s a bit worrying all these wins riders have after emotional moments in their lives, someone will come up with emotional doping at some point. Maybe give them fake news just before a big race to get hormones pumping.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- I doubt he will have the energy to do that if he continues to do leadout for Phillipsenabstractengineer22-12-2024
- I know several people who’ve tried contacting sport airbag manufacturers and none of them ever got a reply. Might be hard to organise anything with such attitudes.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- It's the BBC. Who cares outside of little Britain.leodis22-12-2024
- Crawl back under your stone.leodis22-12-2024
- Thanks Dadmobk22-12-2024
- Hard to believe with the advancment of modern medicine he can not find a cause for this.frieders321-12-2024
- You continue to platform these two cheats. With that in mind I can no longer use your site. I know my leaving means little, but, sometimes you have to take a stand. See ya!DJ21-12-2024
- Look at what Froome’s won since his last TdF, stop denying there is still more than possible one outcome to the future.Mistermaumau21-12-2024