Dimension Data unveiled their Giro d'Italia roster Monday, naming a line-up featuring a variety of skill sets and stage-hunting options.
Igor Antón, a stage winner atop Monte Zoncolan at the 2011 Giro, Natnael Berhane, Daniel Teklehaimanot, and Omar Fraile are set to lead the squad in the mountains. Italian Kristian Sbaragli and youngster Ryan Gibbons, who enjoyed a breakthrough Tour de Langkawi this year, winning the overall title and a stage, provide the squad with options in the sprints. A fast-finishing Nathan Haas will be an option for the lumpier days.
"This centenary Giro has a demanding parcours, particularly in the last week where the GC will certainly be decided. Before this tough final week though, there are numerous opportunities for the riders to try to win a stage," said sport director Bingen Fernandez via a press release. "Some of those stages are pure sprint stages but others have that 'little something', typically Italian-style stages which will generate some exciting finales. Our team will fight for these early stage victories but we'll also look to use the experience of Igor Anton, who will start his 18th three-week grand tour, together with Omar Fraile who has proven himself in the last week of a grand tour to achieve a big result."
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Dimension Data for the Giro d'Italia: Igor Antón, Natnael Berhane, Omar Fraile, Ryan Gibbons, Nathan Haas, Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Kristian Sbaragli, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Johann Van Zyl.
Nathan Haas will be hunting stages for Dimension Data at the Giro d'Italia (Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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