The Quick-Step Floors team has announced its line-up for the 2017 Giro d'Italia, with Bob Jungels, sixth overall and best young rider last year, returning to lead the general classification charge and Fernando Gaviria hunting sprint wins in his debut Grand Tour.
The pair are among four riders in the nine-man squad under the age of 25, as Laurens De Plus, 21, and Davide Martinelli, 23, are also handed their Grand Tour debuts.
The average age and level of experience are balanced out by four riders over the age of 30 in Eros Capecchi, Dries Devenyns, Iljo Keisse, and Maximiliano Richeze. The squad is rounded out by 28-year-old Pieter Serry, who has ridden the last three editions of the Giro.
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Richeze and Keisse will be the key men for Gaviria in the closing kilometres of the flatter stages, while De Plus, Serry, and Capecchi will support Jungels in the mountains.
"If you look at our outfit for the Giro d'Italia, you can see it's a young one, with three Grand Tour rookies, but at the same time a very motivated one to have a say in the race," said directeur sportif Davide Bramati.
Jungels potential as a stage racer was laid bare at last year's Giro as the then 23-year-old spent three days in the maglia rosa and finished sixth overall. This season he has finished 14th at Tirreno-Adriatico and 8th at the Tour de Romandie.
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