Larry Warbasse expects tough battles for breakaways at Giro d'Italia: “Now there are going to be more hungry guys, especially after the break has won a few times"
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Following Aurélin Paret-Peintre's win in stage 4 of Giro d'Italia, the young lineup of AG2R Citröen Team will be now hungry for more in upcoming mountain stages at the Giro d'Italia. Larry Warbasse, spoke about their goals for remainder of Corsa Rosa.
“The third week looks insane,” the AG2R Citröen veteran told Cyclingnews a couple of days ago in the Giro. “If we can save some energy, that’d be great because I think we’ll definitely see some rolling dead men by that point in the race."
Warbasse himself is hoping for his own shot at a breakaway, although he points out that with stage 4 winner Aurelien Paret-Peintre well placed on GC until up to the time trial and still running 12th after stage 10, he’s had team duties as a principal priority for now.
“We already saw that a few days ago in Naples, on a day that was surely due to be a bunch sprint, ended up being almost won by a breakaway,” Warbasse pointed out, referring to the attack by Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi that was caught just few meters from the finish line.
“Now there are going to be more hungry guys, especially after the break has won a few more times," Warbasse reminds that we can expect tough battle for every breakaway now. "Guys are going to be thinking, ’I’m not going to lose my chance now’. It's going to be pretty full on for the breaks.”
But he still thinks he or his teammates may get a chance to succeed again in the third week. “That’s maybe part of it, and I think it’s also the course suits our team well as we have probably 85% climbers in the team, not too many big guys. With so many climbs, we can get in the breaks.”
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Ondřej Zhasil is a cycling journalist at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2023. He is based in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, and covers professional cycling across the main UCI competitions, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España. A key focus of his work is startlist analysis and pre-race coverage, where he examines team selections, rider line-ups, and tactical scenarios ahead of major events.
Alongside WorldTour coverage, Ondřej has developed specific expertise in junior cycling and in racing across East Asia, including competitions in China and Japan. He also maintains a broad working knowledge of other disciplines and levels, including cyclocross, while continuing to expand his understanding of mountain bike racing.
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