After playing an impressive team role for Lotto Soudal in the cobbled classics, André Greipel returned to sprinting duties at the Tour of Turkey this week, surviving the climb in the finale of stage four to take a resounding stage victory in Marmaris on Wednesday.
That same evening, Greipel opted to leave the race in order to continue his preparation for the Giro d’Italia but before departing Turkey, he sat down with Cyclingnews to discuss his approach as he returns to the corsa rosa for the first time since 2010.
Cyclingnews: You changed the structure of your season this year, missing the Tour Down Under for the first time in eight years. What were the objectives of the new programme and how is it going?
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André Greipel: The goal was to be good in the Classics with the whole team. I think it worked really well. We have made a really good improvement with changing the programme I would say. The next goal will be a stage win in the Giro and also the Tour.
CN: You’ve not done the Giro for a few years, what made you decide to go back there?
AG: Just for myself. A Grand Tour is always something special and I always liked the Giro – I’ve done it two times and, yeah, I just wanted to go back. I’ve done the Tour of Belgium four years in a row now and I was looking for a different race.
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