The final step in the build-up to the 99th Giro d’Italia came on Thursday evening as crowds gathered in Apeldoorn to welcome riders at the teams presentation.
Fully kitted out, the riders rode, team-by-team, out of the City Hall building and into the Market Square, completing a lap of a pink-carpeted runway before taking to the stage.
Behind the scenes, before venturing out, the riders passed through a media zone, where Cyclingnews was on hand to grab a word with some of the protagonists of the next three weeks.
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Flick through the gallery above for all the best images from the event, and scroll below for the riders’ quotes. For all our Giro d’Italia build-up coverage, click here.
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
I’m here with a great team behind me and we’re really up for trying to win the Giro.
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