Diego Rosa says that his first season at Team Sky will all be about learning the ropes and moving forward as a rider, rather than pushing for a leadership role within the squad. Rosa joined the squad on a three-year contract after enjoying a breakthrough season in 2016 with a stage victory at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco and a hard fought second place at Il Lombardia.
Rosa's race programme with the team has been largely laid out for the whole season. His native Italy will feature heavily as he builds up to his first major goal of 2017, the Giro d'Italia, where he will look to help out team leader Mikel Landa.
"I think in this team we have a lot of big riders with these characteristics. I am a good rider but for now I am not a leader in these kinds of races." Rosa said. "It is possible to move in that direction but at the moment I go to these races to work for the team and to test myself.
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"I come to Sky because for my future, I think that it is the best team for working on my condition and my results."
Il Lombardia will be another big target after he came so close to claiming victory last year, and Rosa admits that it will be an all or nothing tilt at the race victory.
"This year I will race a lot in Italy with Tirreno[-Adriatico] for the first time, which I am really happy about. I will ride Strade Bianche and afterwards Trentino and Giro d'Italia. The final part of the season, I will race the Vuelta and then in Italy," he explained. "I've never raced at Tirreno. All these years I've been looking at the race and I wanted to do it but one year I go to Paris-Nice and another year a training camp so this year I finally get to do this race.
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