Alongside the two climbing leaders,
Phil Bauhaus will also be present at the startline, offering the team a chance to win in a different way. “We need to balance the strengths we have with us in Bauhaus on the flat, and Tiberi/Caruso in the mountains. We would like to win stages with Phil and also do well on GC," assesses the teams sports director, Gorazd Štangelj.
"We have the tools and the riders to compete in the sprint stages and overall. We don’t want to split our aims too much, so we will try to use other teams’ strengths to our benefit. On top of that,
Rainer Kepplinger is a bit of a wild card; nobody knows him that much so we may be able to spring a surprise with him,” Stangelj concludes. “We dream about a podium with Antonio or Damiano, but we will have to see how things turn out each day. Anything can happen, and you need focus from the beginning. Everyone’s work will be cut out from day 1, and we have a team to compete every day.”