Fourth here in 2021, the Russian climber already knows how to race the Giro. There he has ridden strongly in the multiple challenges that the races offers, which could happen again this year. Among them are brutal mountain days which the 27-year old has already prepared in training camps. “I trained hard. I've been at altitude and done good training blocks there. I have done a lot of work in recent months to race well now. And I hope that my best form is yet to come," he believes.
He crashed out of contention at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, however at Tour of the Alps he had his form growing, as in the queen stage he raced to second as teammate Lennard Kämna took the win. The
BORA - hansgrohe duo will aim for the podium at the Giro and will realistically be in the battle for it.