Rafal Majka is brimming with confidence about the challenge he can throw down in the mountains at the Giro d'Italia.
So says Australian teammate Jay McCarthy who also hopes to make the early breaks to be in position to help Majka, as he did in the penultimate stage of last year's Vuelta a Espana in which Majka secured his first grand tour podium finish.
"I think he is in serious shape and that he is very confident coming into the hillier stages," McCarthy (Tinkoff), 23, told Cyclingnews when asked how Majka, 26, was feeling as the crucial mountains approached in his ninth career grand tour.
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"I think he can make a big difference in the steep climbs.
"He's at the level and with the confidence he has coming into this Giro I think we're going to see a lot more from Rafa."
Majka's previous finishes in the Giro are a sixth place overall in 2014 and a seventh in 2013 – and in both editions he enjoyed spell sin the white young riders' jersey.
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