Marco Brenner at Giro d’Italia, Georg Zimmermann at the Tour de France
Cycling professional Marco Brenner is proud. « Being able to contest a Grand Tour in the German championship jersey is something special, » says the 22-year-old Augsburger before the start of the 108th Giro d’Italia on Friday in Albania.
Marco Brenner: At the age of 19 at the Vuelta
Brenner had to wait three years for his second start at one of the three largest bike races in the world (Giro, Tour de France, Vuelta). In 2022 he started as a 19-year-old young professional at the Spanish Vuelta for the DSM team. At that time he surprised with a fifth stage. In the end it was overall 73.
Marco Brenner drives the Giro d’Italia
Brenner has now become an important part of the Swiss racing team Tudor. This is also evident in the fact that Tudor does without his Swiss newcomer Marc Hirschi due to its shape weakness in the giro, but relying on Brenner next to team captain Michael Storer. « I will drive on stages, » says Brenner. The Australian Storer, overall-tenth in the previous year, is traded as one of the secret favorites when Tudor’s second giro participation.
Tadej Pogacar does without, Primoz Roglic is the favorite
Favorite on victory and thus on the famous Rosa jersey is Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe). The 35-year-old Slovenian, winner 2023), bears the start number one. His biggest adversary Tadej Pogacar does without the title defense in Rosa, Jonas Vingegaard concentrates on the Tour de France and also double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel.
Giro: 21 stages, 3400 kilometers, 52,500 meters of altitude
Nevertheless, there will be spectacular pictures of the 21 stages of the Italian tour, which begins in the Albanian port city of Durres on Friday and ends in Rome on June 1st. Then the 184 drivers have around 3400 kilometers and 52,500 meters of altitude.
Georg Zimmermann is preparing for the Tour de France
A total of ten German drivers are in the starter list. The second Augsburg cyclist Georg Zimmermann is not there. He is preparing for Intermarché for his fifth Tour de France in July. On May 10th he started in France at the Grand Prix du Morbihan.
