Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) who has six victories to his name this season will line up at the start of the Giro d’Italia this weekend and the 29-year-old Italian, a stage winner at his home race, will look to enhance his palmares at the Corsa Rosa, where he’ll rely on a strong squad built around him.
Eros Capecchi, who has nine Giro d’Italia starts under his belt, Rémi Cavagna, Michael Mørkøv, Fabio Sabatini, Maximilian Schachmann, Florian Sénéchal and Zdenek Stybar will all travel this week to Israel for the first Grand Tour of the season.
“We’ve had a fantastic first part of the season, but that is history now and we don’t plan to rest on our laurels,” said Quick-Step Floors sports director Davide Bramati. “The Giro d’Italia is one of the most important races of the season, one where we have always enjoyed tremendous success, winning stages, distinctive jerseys and being up there in the general classification, so it’s only natural to be motivated and ambitious for this fresh challenge.
“Our roster has a mix of youth and experience, and Elia will be the leader for the next three weeks, but this doesn’t mean we won’t try to be in the mix also in other stages and grab every opportunity we’ll be presented with.”
Quick-Step Floors team for the Giro d’Italia (ITA) 2.UWT
Eros Capecchi (ITA)
Rémi Cavagna (FRA)
Michael Mørkøv (DEN)
Fabio Sabatini (ITA)
Maximilian Schachmann (GER)
Florian Sénéchal (FRA)
Zdenek Stybar (CZE)
Elia Viviani (ITA)
