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Your guide to the Trek-Segafredo 2021 Giro team

Director Kim Andersen breaks down the roles and ambitions of our eight starters

The final countdown to the start of the 104 th Giro d’Italia is on. The first Grand Tour of the season gets underway this Saturday in Turin, where three beautiful weeks of racing begin.  A few days ago, Trek-Segafredo announced the eight riders who will race in the Corsa Rosa, and the team’s ambitions and roles are set. To better understand these, we asked experienced sport director Kim Andersen – who will direct the team together with Adriano Baffi – to introduce each rider.

• Vincenzo Nibali

“In our winter plan, he was the GC leader, but the crash changed everything. We’ll understand his ambitions as we go along. For us, it is important to know that he is there. Vincenzo has class, experience, grit, and a very strong bond with the race. His determination is an added value without equal. He must pass the first week without problems, and then it will be a crescendo. Week three is his terrain. He can aim for the stages, or he can surprise everyone and fight for the GC, although the competition from the new generation will be very strong. Vincenzo’s goal is to race free.”

• Bauke Mollema

“Bauke has a clear goal: that is to win a stage. He comes to the Giro after a superb start to the season and the Ardennes Classics with growing condition. He won’t have the stress of the GC fight and everyone knows how reliable he is as a rider. I believe that this could be the right time to add the missing piece to win a stage in all the Grand Tours.”

• Giulio Ciccone

“Giulio’s a born attacker whose goal, like Bauke, is to win a stage. He is no longer a rookie and will have a lot of eyes on him. In 2019 he exploded, racing without any pressure, but now everyone knows his potential. It will be increasingly difficult to impose himself, but his ability is not in question. He has to race relaxed and have clear goals, focusing all his energy on those.”

• Matteo Moschetti

“We all know that he will have to fight against very good sprinters, but I am convinced that he has the ability to do it. And to beat them also. Last year’s crash is definitely in the past; he has regained strength and the feeling of a victory .  He has to try in every sprint and the team will support him.”

• Koen de Kort

“He’s the most experienced rider of the team, our road captain. His role is sometimes inconspicuous, but it will be strategic, especially for Moschetti. He will have to help him to manage the preparation phases of the sprint, those where sprinters have to save energy to keep the best position.”

• Gianluca Brambilla

“He’s our joker, a rider able to support the captains in the hardest stages but also with the chance of fighting for victory. He had a great start of the season; he has already won and found confidence. He has experience and class to know exactly what to do for the good of the team.”

• Jacopo Mosca

“He’ll have a very important task because he’s the real all-rounder of the team. He’s the d omestique par excellence with a great added value: that is being reliable on all terrains. He will help Moschetti in the sprints and will support the three leaders in the mountains; he can work in the breakaways or prepare an attack. It will be a really taxing Giro for him, but he has already shown great reliability and ability.”

Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier

“He’s been with us for a few months, we’re getting to know him and the feedback we’ve had from the races has been very good. He’s not a rookie and he’s already proved his potential in the climbs. But we believe that he can grow and improve even more. We are interested to see him working alongside our leaders in the mountain stages.”

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• Wednesday 17 April 2024 at 7:00pm

ITV Granada Reports' correspondent Mel Barham joined the dads in Scotland as they set off on their latest charity walk.

Three dads grieving their daughters' suicides have set off on their third epic charity walk.

The three fathers who united as 3 Dads Walking have already raised more than £1 million pounds for the charity PAPYRUS(Prevention of Young Suicide) , based in Warrington .

Mike Palmer from Sale in Greater Manchester, Andy Airey from Cumbria and Tim Owen from Norfolk completed their first challenge in 2021 by walking 300 miles.

A year later, they doubled that distance by trekking 600 miles, walking between the parliaments of all four nations from Northern Ireland through Scotland, Wales and England, urging politicians to make suicide prevention part of the National Curriculum in schools.

Now, they are walking a further 500 miles, covering new ground by walking from Stirling in Scotland through the eastern counties of England.

En route, they will visit some of the newly-opened or soon-to-open PAPYRUS offices and hubs in Stirling, Newcastle, Leeds and Norwich.

Watch the moment Three Dads Walking set off on their latest trek.

Mike Palmer, who lost his 17-year-old daughter Beth to suicide in 2020, says the 3 Dads Walking have unfinished business.

“Our third walk is borne from the belief that more precious young lives can be saved. Progress is being made but the fact is we hear of more tragic stories nearly every week and there is so much work still to do.

“Walking and talking is what we do. Smashing the stigma around mental health and suicide is our goal. With every step, we remember our girls and this gives us the courage to make a difference.”

Andy Airey, from Morland in Cumbria, who lost his 29-year-old daughter Sophie to suicide in 2018, said: “This walk is about refocusing our fundraising efforts to help PAPYRUS achieve its goals and extend the lifesaving work the charity does.

“Along the way we will talk to loads of people, some of whom will be new to the charity, we will raise funds to help PAPYRUS open more offices, train more people and ultimately stop preventable suicides. Together we can save lives.”

In 2022, 3 Dads Walking attracted more than 100,000 signatures for an online petition to have suicide prevention included on the school curriculum, prompting a debate in the House of Commons.

Shortly afterwards the dads received a national Pride of Britain Award.

Tim Owen, from Norwich, who lost his 19-year-old daughter Emily to suicide in 2020, said: “Like many, I was shocked to find out that suicide is the biggest killer of under 35s in the UK, and often wondered if our stories would have been different if we or our girls had known about PAPYRUS and the charity’s HOPELINE247 service.

“Our walk will highlight the lifesaving work PAPYRUS deliver through a growing number of hubs embedded in communities across the UK.

"The more money we raise as we walk, the more the charity will expand across the nation and the more lives will be saved.”

During their two previous challenges, 3 Dads Walking were overwhelmed by public kindness and generosity.

Hollywood actors Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman each donated £10,000 as did soccer legend Lou Macari who lost his son to suicide.

Ged Flynn, Chief Executive of Warrington-based PAPYRUS, said: “The 3 Dads Walking have already captured the nation’s hearts, after all what could be more important than the wellbeing of our children and saving young lives?

“Andy, Mike and Tim are ordinary dads who will be continuing their extraordinary mission to raise awareness and spread hope, helping to start vital conversations about suicide that too many families feel unable or unwilling to have.

“In their efforts to raise much-needed funds for our charity, the dads have already enabled us to grow and 2024 will see PAPYRUS further extend its work into the heart of many communities across the UK.”

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