He may be 34 and he may have to share leadership with Alexandre Geniez at the Giro d’Italia this year but Domenico Pozzovivo is determined to arrive at the 100th edition of the race with his best ever form.
The diminutive Italian climber failed to sparkle in last year’s race, reaching Turin in 20th place overall. However, with a slightly reduced pre-Giro race programme and the motivation of the event passing through his home region, the former stage winner is building towards May with extra enthusiasm.
“This is a very important Giro. I’ve done a lot of them in my career but I don’t think there’s been a bigger one,” he told Cyclingnews at the Tour Down Under.
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“Also, last year I didn’t have a good race so it’s important that I go back there and re-start things. In the last three days of last year’s race I didn’t have the condition. I also came into the race too tired. This year I’ll change the approach slightly so I can be fresher.”
Helping to prop up AG2R-La Mondiale’s general classification bid will be Frenchman, Alexandre Geniez, who finished ninth in 2015.
“Geniez comes with us this year and he’ll be a co-leader for the race. Matteo Montaguti comes as well but Geniez will be a co-leader with me,” Pozzovivo explained.
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