With the off-season now in full swing, newlywed Davide Formolo is patiently awaiting Tuesday's route presentation of the 2017 Giro d'Italia. His mind and training are becoming fixed on having his best possible performance at the 100th anniversary of his nation's famed Grand Tour, where he hopes to lead Cannondale-Drapac to success.
"I don't know yet what the team's plans are for 2017, but certainly being Italian, it would be nice to participate and be a leader in the Giro d'Italia at its centenary," Formolo told Tuttobiciweb.it. "I am confident that I can do even better than I've shown so far. In addition to having a wedding ring, maybe I will go faster.
"The important thing is to have the right approach to the Grand Tour in my future program. My mission is to go fast and be consistent."
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Formolo joined the WorldTour with Cannondale in 2014 largely due to his success as an under-23 rider across prominent stage races. A near-overall podium at Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc in 2012 led to second place overall the under-23 race the following year, and sixth overall at Tour de l'Avenir.
By 2014, he was making his mark as one of the top up-and-coming talents out of Italy with seventh overall at Tour de Suisse and Tour de Taiwan, fourth overall at Tour of Turkey and second to Vincenzo Nibali at the Italian road championships.
He had a breakout season in 2015 when he won stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia in La Spezia, in what was his first brush with a Grand Tour. He went into this year's Giro better prepared and more motivated to leave his mark in the overall classification.
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