Team Rabobank eyeing stages at the Giro d’ Italia 2012
Team Rabobank has made its intentions pretty clear for the first Grand Tour race of the season, the Giro d’ Italia 2012.
The team is targeting stage victories in the coming race and is relying on Theo Bos and Mark Renshaw to do the honours.
The duo helped the Dutch team with three stage victories in the Tour of Turkey and is in supreme form for one of the biggest stage race of the year.
Theo Bos proved his mettle during the first and the last stage at the Tour of Turkey and secured the top podium spot.
Mark Renshaw was unmatchable during the 132 kilometre chase to Marmaris (stage 4) as he crossed the finish line in a quickest time of 3 hours, 14 minutes and 11 seconds.
“It's great to have concluded the Tour of Turkey with another win. It's always the last impression that stays with you the longest", Team Sports Director Jan Boven briefed.
Team Rabobank is having an average season and is holding the tenth overall position at the 2012 UCI World Tour Team’s rankings with a total number of 273 points to its credit.
The contributions were made by Bauke Mollema (132 points), Matti Breschel (60 points), Lars Boom (40 points), Samuel Sanchez (25 points) and Michael Matthews (16 points).
Team Omega Pharma-Quick Step is leading the category with maximum number of 547 points. Team Liquigas-Cannondale, Team Sky and Team Katusha are holding the next three positions.
Boven explained, "The main goal of this Giro is a stage win, with this team, we have to go for stage victories”.
“As we saw in Turkey, Renshaw is able to lead out the sprint perfectly for Bos, but he can also win himself".
"Slagter can go on attacks; we will see how far he'll get. He'll be supported by Garate. They have to select specific stages and then give it a go when they can," he concluded.
The final list of nine cyclists to represent Team Rabobank at the Giro d’ Italia 2012 include, Theo Bos, Graeme Brown, Stef Clement, Juan Manuel Garate, Tom Leezer, Grischa Niermann, Mark Renshaw, Tom-Jelte Slagter and Dennis van Winden.
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