Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) has voiced his desire to race the Giro d'Italia as a GC rider in 2018, before supporting teammate Tom Dumoulin at the Tour de France.
Kelderman crashed out of the Giro d'Italia in 2017 before Dumoulin went on to take his maiden Grand Tour victory. Kelderman bounced back to secure a fine fourth place finish at the Vuelta a Espana in his first season with Sunweb.
Speaking exclusively to Cyclingnews, Kelderman hinted that Dumoulin could target the Tour de France in 2018, with Kelderman riding as a support rider in July. Both riders, and Team Sunweb, have yet to announce their Grand Tour plans for 2018, insisting that no decisions will be made until all three Grand Tours have presented their routes for next year. So far only the Tour de France has unveiled its parcours, with the Giro d'Italia set to follow suit in late November.
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"We've still not talked about the programme but for sure I've talked to Tom. I'd really like to ride with him and I think we're a good combination," Kelderman told Cyclingnews.
"We've a good climbers group and I want to do it [ed. the Giro] again. We'll see if it's the Tour or the Giro but I think for Tom it will be the Tour. Maybe I do the Giro and then the Tour but I don't know yet. We've talked a bit with the coaches but I'd like to do the Giro again for GC."
A new start and back to basics
Kelderman joined Sunweb last winter after spending the first part of his career at the Rabobank – which later formed into Belkin, Blanco and then LottoNL Jumbo. After an impressive start to his pro career Kelderman - still only 26 - went off the boil in 2015 and 2016, and struggled to match results from earlier seasons. According to the rider he needed a change of scene, so when Sunweb approached him with the offer of a three-year contract and a fresh start, he jumped at the chance.
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