Giro d'Italia 2025, Hirschi on debut: "I can't wait to go hunting for stages"

Rome, 19 April 2025 - Not only men are fighting for the general classification: after Wout van aert, Mads pedersen e tom pidcock, the startlist of the Giro d'Italia 2025 is enriched by another stage hunter like Marc Hirschi.

Hirschi's statements

 For the Swiss the 9st May It will be an absolute first for the Corsa pink, since so far the only one Great Tour played in his career is the Tour de France, course 3 times higher (in 2020, in 2021 and in 2022) and with in the bag 1st stage in '2020 edition. The good opportunity comes thanks to the wild card received by his Tudor Pro Cycling Team, of which last winter was one of the most ambitious purchases together with Julian Alaphilippe, obviously diverted to the Tour de France 2025. "I am thrilled to be participating in the Giro d'Italia, a race rich in history and tradition. It will be my first time, but I feel a good connection with theItaly and I can't wait to go hunting for stages". These are the words of Hirsch, professional since 2019 and with a career that started like a rocket before several physical problems that slowed her down. In the class of '98's bag, in addition to the stage won at Tour de France they figure the Walloon Arrow 2020, the San Sebastian Classic 2024 and Bretagne Classic Ouest-France 2024. Just last season, the last one spent in the jersey UAE Team Emirates-XRG, was that of the partial rebirth. Partial because Hirsch it got closer to its old glories only in the second half, and in particular from August onwards, but it was still a rebirth because in the end the count of victories stopped at 9. This is where the feeling with theItaly which the native of Bern, who last year won the Industry and Crafts Grand Prix, the Sabatini Cup (also awarded in 2023 together with the Tour of the Apennines), the Memorial Marco Pantani , Agostoni Cup. The Under-23 world and European champion of 2018 in another positive year like the 2022 He also brought home the Per Semper Alfredo, Tour of Tuscany , Veneto Classic: now the closing of the circle trying to give yourself the most important high note to the Giro d'Italia 2025, thus also honoring the invitation received from his ambitious Tudor Pro Cycling Team.

Doubts about Van Aert's preparation

 Meanwhile, in Belgium we wonder about the real conditions of Van Aert, which just can't get unstuck. An old glory like Jan Bakelants to the microphones of Spouse try to analyze the issue from another perspective. "I think some choices were made upstream, perhaps during the periods of training at altitude at Tenerife. I believe that together with the Visma-Lease a Bike have chosen to keep the threshold low VLaMax, favoring prolonged efforts to the detriment of sprints. However, the numbers say that today Van Aert unleashes even more power than in the past on the road in the context of a general level that has also risen significantly. The negative thing - he concludes Bakelants - it's just that he seems to have lost the ability to win a sprint, which gives such priceless joy."

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