Giro d'Italia 2025, Simon Yates will be there: "It will be my biggest goal"

The British rider dreams of redemption after his 2018 collapse on the Colle delle Finestre: "I have good and bad memories of this race, but I can't wait to return"

di GIUSY ANNA MARIA D'ALESSIO
14 gennaio 2025
Simon Yates (Ansa)

Simon Yates (Ansa)

Rome, January 14, 2025 - For a jonas vingegaard who announces his no, Visma-Lease a Bike introduces the big shots who will actually be at the Giro d'Italia 2025 with their respective ambitions.

The statements of Yates and Uijtdebroeks

We start with a new face Simon yates, one who has an open account with the Corsa pink but that in the new team he will not disdain the role of gregarious when needed. "I will be at the Tour de France to help Jonas to win: it's stimulating to know that you're in a team built entirely at his service. I expect another close battle with Tadej pogacar, who is also the captain of my twin Adam. Basically, he and I will have the same role, but in different teams". But first there will be the Giro d'Italia, run that Yachts he caressed in the 2018 before the collapse on Colle delle Finestre, which curiously also appears in this year's program. "It will be my biggest goal. It's a race of which I have many memories, good and bad, and I feel very inspired to be back at the start." Finally, a mention of the rest of the menu for this season just before the start. "I'll be at the Tirreno-Adriatico and then to the Volta Catalunya". From a return to a first time: after having had to give up last year because of that fall at Straight through Flanders who apparently still has his share of physical ailments, Wout van aert since 2025 will debut to Giro d'Italia, becoming together with Olav Kooij the man in charge of hunting the stages. Nothing to be done instead for Cian Uijtdebroeks, which won't even be at the Tour de France and for a very specific reason. "If I want to win a Great Tour I have to learn how to win first. So, I'll start with Tour of Oman, Tirreno-Adriatico, Tour of Romandie e Tour of Switzerland. I'm not thinking about the rest, because I prefer to focus on the races. The rest are steps that are too long-term to take. We are choosing a program full of races also to make me learn to finish". Not only the price paid with the impact in professionalism: the Belgian was also slowed down by physical problems. "I had a problem with a nerve in my back that radiated to my legs. I did rehabilitation and now I feel that it's much better".

Jorgenson's statements

The maturation of Matteo Jorgenson is at a more advanced level, as is also evident from his ambitions. "I want to fight for a week-long stage race, like the Paris-Nice or Dauphiné Tour, which I almost touched upon a year ago, but also try in some way classical, such as E3 Sax Classic. I will be at the Tour de France to help vingegaard but also to improve on the eighth place of the last edition. The final ambition is to become a general classification rider of the Grand Tours, but first I want to win a race World Tour: I've worked hard over the last few years to grow and I think I'm not far from the finish line."

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