Giro. Tour d’Italie – La Visma with Wout Van Aert and Simon Yates on the Giro

The Team Visma | Lease a Bike announced this Tuesday its team composition for the Italian Tour which starts this Friday in Albania. The Dutch team will present themselves with balanced training, ready to fight on all terrains. For the general classification, the British Simon Yates will be the leader of the team, he who has already finished on the podium of Giro in 2021 (3rd), and will be supported in particular by Wilco Kelderman et Steven Kruijswijk. For sprints, it’s Dutchman Olav Kooijalready winner three times in 2025, who will be the designated leader. Finally, Wout van Aert will participate for the first time in the great Italian tour, and will seek to shine on all terrains, he who is one of the most versatile runners of the peloton.

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The sports director of the Dutch team, Marc Reefreturned to this race in a press release: “The journey of this Giro is very well balanced this year, with interesting steps for all types of runners. And we start with a team made up of very varied profiles. Our main objective as a team is to run after the stage victories. With Wout Van Aert, Olav Kooij and Simon Yates, we have three leaders who have already proven that they could win a stage on a big tour. be able to be competitive on all terrains “.

Wout van Aert he also mentioned his first participation in Giro : “Personally, I aim for the more demanding steps. It can be a sprint from a reduced group or a long breakaway. The Giro traditionally offers a lot of these kinds of steps. I am really enthusiastic about the idea of finally making my debut on the Giro of Italia. We all know what happened last year, so I am all the more happy to be finally here. To run in Italy. It is therefore clearly a goal.he concludes.