"Our strategy for the Giro d'Italia has changed radically in the last four weeks" - BORA - hansgrohe respond to Emanuel Buchmann's outburst
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After BORA - hansgrohe announced their lineup for the 2024 Giro d'Italia on Monday afternoon, it didn't take for one of the notable omissions from the team, Emanuel Buchmann to express his frustrations via his official Instagram account.
"I can not describe my disappointment and frustration to be not nominated for the Giro d'Italia this year. All year was planned for the Giro and even BORA - hansgrohe promised me the Co-Leadership for the GC. The training went well, the shape is good," the German National Champion lamented with frustration. "The last three weeks at the Teide I wanted to do the last preparation, but 16 days before the start of the Giro I got the call that I won't be in the lineup."
As you might expect, such an outburst quickly went viral on social media. Hoping to get some answers as to why Buchmann was ultimately snubbed, Eurosport.de have followed up with BORA - hansgrohe and quizzed them about the German's frustrations.
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"Our strategy for the Giro d'Italia has changed radically in the last four weeks," a BORA - hansgrohe spokesperson responded to Eurosport. "Until then, it was clear that we would be travelling to Turin with Daniel Martinez and Lennard Kämna as co-leaders. Our support team was heavily focussed on the mountains. After Lennard's serious accident, we were forced to reorganise ourselves. We now only have one leader for the classification and several versatile riders as back-up, who are looking for opportunities themselves on undulating terrain."
In Buchmann's absence, the likes of Florian Lipowitz, Max Schachmann and Jonas Koch will be in support of the aforementioned Martinez and with sprint star Sam Welsford also not making the cut, BORA - hansgrohe will go with a sprint train led by Danny van Poppel.
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