Team DSM the second team to reveal Giro d'Italia lineup - Dainese, Leknessund and Mayrhofer take on stage hunt
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After Jumbo-Visma, the second team to reveal the riders for the Giro d'Italia is also Dutch. Team DSM are taking part in the Corsa Rosa hunting stage wins and they have a few riders capable of doing so through different means.
The headliner for the team is with no doubt Alberto Dainese who will be trying to repeat the success of last year when he took his first stage win. In support of him in the sprints will be Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race winner Marius Mayrhofer who will be making his debut in a Grand Tour. A young team, the Italian will also count on the support from Jonas Hvideberg, Niklas Märkl and Florian Stork for the sprints, whilst Martijn Tusveld comes as the experienced road captain.
For the hilly stages Andreas Leknessund will be an interesting rider, who is expected to be featuring in breakaways throughout the three weeks. He's won the Arctic Race of Norway and a stage at the Tour de Suisse last summer and is hoping to show his best legs here. Harm Vanhoucke will be the team's card for the mountains, a strong climber he finished 10th at the UAE Tour earlier this year, but should also seek success via breakaways.
“As we look to the 106th Giro d’Italia we see another challenging course around Italy. We head there with a good team that will focus purely on day results," team DS Matt Winston said in a press release. "For the sprint days we bring a strong block with Marius, Alberto and Niklas; who we believe can work really well together."
"On the breakaway days we will look to our climbing guys such as Andreas and Harm to seek out the right moves so we can race for those top stage results. To achieve these goals, we will need to work well as a team and do it together as a unit, this is where our focus is and remains to be so that as soon as we reach kilometre zero, we can be directly in the race and show ourselves.”
Team DSM for Giro d'Italia:
Alberto Dainese, Jonas Hvideberg, Andreas Leknessund, Marius Mayrhofer, Niklas Märkl, Florian Stork, Martijn Tusveld and Harm Vanhoucke.
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