Mavi Garcia (Liv AlUla Jayco) has grow to be some of the constant common classification contenders on the Giro d’Italia Women and deliberate to battle for a spot on the ultimate podium on the eight-day race that begins on Sunday in Brescia.
The former Spanish Champion mentioned she was in stable kind, particularly after her total victory on the Vuelta Ciclista Andalucia, and able to sort out some of the difficult editions of the Italian Grand Tour.
“I feel I ready very properly for my seventh Giro. It is one among my favorite races and has given me nice satisfaction with 4 top-10s within the final 4 editions,” Garcia mentioned.
“After the victory on the Vuelta a Andalucía on the finish of May, I educated at altitude to compete on the nationals.
“I do know that yearly that passes, it’s increasingly more tough, however I’ll attempt to battle for the rostrum in one of many hardest Giros lately.”
Garcia was third total within the 2022 version, and he or she has been a staple within the GC standings, ending seventh final yr, fifth in 2021, and ninth in 2020.
She excels throughout hilly terrain and in powerful, tactical racing typically guaranteeing that she is able to battle for a breakaway or end among the many choice on main ascents.
With a climbing-focused Liv AlUla Jayco crew, Garcia will be capable of goal the mid-mountain races on phases 3, 4, 5, and 6 and try to take the maglia rosa whereas holding her place on the 2 high-mountain phases 7 and eight.
Garcia shall be joined by Ella Wyllie, who will assist Garcia within the mountains, Urška Žigart, Amber Pate, Silke Smulders and Ingvild Gåskjenn, whereas Ruby Roseman-Gannon will concentrate on the dash phases.
Roseman-Gannon lately secured her first WorldTour stage victory on the Tour of Britain Women.
“We have a fairly good and aggressive crew for this Giro, which presents a really onerous course. The additional south you go, the more durable it turns into. We have Mavi and Ella, who’re each good climbers and can go for GC and Ella additionally for the youth jersey,” mentioned the crew’s director, Shawn Clarke.
“We have a few quick finishers with Ruby and Ingvild, and there are two phases that go well with each of them very properly. In assist, we now have Urška, a recent Slovenian champion, who’s doing tremendous properly, Amber, who has grown rather a lot this season, and eventually, Silke, who’s a stable all-rounder.”
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