La tension et l'excitation montent à la veille du Grand Départ du Tour d'Italie, qui a lieu cette année à Durrës, en Albanie, ce vendredi 9 mai. Les têtes d'affiche et les plus grands noms de cette 108e édition du Giro avaient rendez-vous ce jeudi 8 mai au Palais des Congrès de Tirana, la capitale albanaise, ce dernier faisant office de quatier général de l'épreuve italienne pour la traditionnelle conférence de presse d'avant-course réunissant les meilleurs coureurs.
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00:00Welcome to the top riders press conference of the Giro d'Italia 108 before to start let me
00:10introduce you our riders here we have myself from my left Richard Carapaz, Egan Bernal,
00:16Juan Ayuso, Primoz Roglic, Wout van Aert, Giulio Ciccone and Tom Pitcock.
00:22Yeah I think well mainly I just want to go and race and get stuck in every day and yeah and enjoy racing
00:35the racing this year I think the opportunities will come if I if I do that I think yeah for
00:41sure I've got a good shape coming out of the Ardennes and yeah look forward to taking that into this race.
00:48Okay now question for Richard Carapaz. I will translate in Spanish for him.
00:56Pregunta para Carapaz.
00:59Dietro.
01:06Hello. I'm a journalist. Yes, yes, I see you.
01:10Oh, I'm a journalist from Albania. What do you think about those stages,
01:15especially the third stage in Vlora, which is the mountain stage? What do you think about it?
01:23What do you think about the stages in Albania and above all of the third stage, which is a mountain stage?
01:30Well, I think it's a bit of a discovery here now, but I think it's trying to save the days and
01:41well, I think when we're in Italy, many of the roads are known and I think we'll go day to day.
01:50Richard said, let's see how it's going to go. We try to do our best and then when we are back to Italy,
01:57we go to road and the routes that we know more and let's try to leave this first day day by day.
02:05Questions for Giulio Ciccone?
02:06Hi, Giulio. I wanted to ask you, because I saw you were on the Sorrel climb, but you did it,
02:20you tried it in a pretty fast way and for you to have success tomorrow, the climb has to be,
02:29the race has to be hard, right? Are you planning to make it hard with your team?
02:38For sure we'll be, we'll be nervous, but yeah, we have a strong team and
02:45for sure with Mats, we, we want to try something, but I think we are not the, not the only that we
02:53want to do something, so we'll be fast and, and nervous. Questions for Regan Bernal?
03:05In the back.
03:09Hi, Regan, what's the story behind your new championship in Colombia?
03:12Hello, everyone. No, this is a new design we wanted to do, because in the past we had a team,
03:28Colombian team, the name was Cafe Colombia, and it was in the 80s and 90s and it was the first team we had,
03:37and the, the, the, the first team that they won a, um, a grand tour for, for Colombia, so I, I remember
03:44the, the, the, the team and, uh, they inspired me to, to become a cyclist and, uh, I, I want to, to try to do the
03:53same with the next generation, so, yeah, it's a, it's a big responsibility to, to have this, the design,
03:59but, uh, I will try to, to do my best.
04:01Thank you, Regan. Uh, question for Wout van Aert. In the back.
04:09Hi, Wout. We saw in your, uh, Strava that you, you did a recon of the first days and maybe also of the
04:15time trial. Could you share some, uh, impressions you got along the way?
04:21Yes, we, we tried the, the local lap of tomorrow, um, it was quite, uh, hectic to do a recon here, but, um,
04:29it was good to see the climb and, uh, yeah, my impression is that, uh, the climb is quite hard,
04:35uh, start steep and, um, yeah, also afterwards the downhill is almost all the way till the finish,
04:40so I think, yeah, the race will be really fast and we'll, uh, yeah, I also see a chance for, uh,
04:47for attackers to, to go to the finish.
04:51Thank you. And a question for Juan Ayuso.
04:55Ciro.
04:56Uh, Juan, um, what we saw in Catalonia, uh, in the end of March, really a great battle, uh,
05:06between, uh, you and Primoz mainly, is something that, uh, can be reproduced here or a Grand Tour,
05:16uh, it's definitely completely different from a one-week stage race?
05:20Um, yeah, I think it's, it's different, no? And here you have time trials, you have days that, uh,
05:27you need to just, uh, get by and, and arrive safe. Whereas Catalonia was, uh, nearly every day, uh,
05:33uh, uh, yeah, a race to the line and, and even though we're at one stage, uh, suspended.
05:39So, yeah, I think here it's, it's a different type of racing, but, um, it's different, but, uh,
05:45but I think it's also harder, it's longer, and, uh, yeah, you have to be every day, uh,
05:50uh, careful, uh, to all the circumstances.
05:55And a question for Primoz Roglic.
05:59Hello Roglic, here.
06:03For Albania Television. Uh, are you entusiastic for the first time, uh, you are crossing the Red Bull Kilometer?
06:15Uh, yeah, I mean, it's, uh,
06:17uh, a nice surprise, uh, hopefully, I mean, will be, will be fun and, uh, bring some action and, uh,
06:25yeah, that, uh, I don't really need to sprint, no? All the time for, for this kilometer.
06:32Okay, now, uh, we leave you the mic for, uh, questions to anyone you prefer.
06:38Please specify who you want to talk with.
06:40Yes, for Roglic, pretty much, you have, uh, won the Giro d'Italia once, and
06:52last year you were injured, so, you will try to win a second time now. It's, it's so?
06:59Uh, yeah, for sure, I mean, uh, we, we have a strong team here, uh, not only me, so, uh, yeah,
07:08we, we just, uh, want to, to show our best, uh, uh, that's, uh, that's, uh, I mean, all we can do,
07:14and, uh, that we also see at the end what that means, uh, so, uh, just, uh, looking forward, uh,
07:20to start tomorrow, and, uh, then for the next days.
07:25Next question, Hans, Telegraph.
07:26Hello, I have a question for Egon. Hi. Um, can you tell us something about you and the interaction
07:38with, with Tymon Ahrensman, and what do you think of him as a GC rider in a Grand Tour?
07:42Uh, no, well, he's a super great rider. I think we all know that he's, uh, super strong,
07:54and, um, I think he has a lot of, uh, future, and, uh, for sure he will be super strong here in the,
08:02in the, in the Giro, so, yeah, we are here also to, to help him to, to do a, a good GC.
08:09And how can you help each other?
08:10Uh, well, there are, for sure, there will be many, uh, opportunities to, to, to play, and,
08:18you know, we, with these, uh, strong guys, we just have to wait and to see our, our chances
08:24Chiro.
08:25For Tom Pitcock, Tom Chow. Um, about, uh, the first stage tomorrow, uh, in your opinion,
08:35which kind of rider that are in the Giro suits the most? For example, uh, on the paper,
08:42it's also can be a stage for you, but for example, for a guy as Matt Pedersen, in your opinion,
08:47it's all so good or not?
08:49Um, I haven't ridden the road, so I don't, uh, know 100%, but I think, um, the first stage
08:58can always be a bit, a bit open, especially, you know, in a place we don't know so well.
09:03Um, so I think, um, yeah, there could be a lot of mixture of guys tomorrow thinking it's a good
09:11opportunity for them.
09:14Next question. Hans again.
09:20I have a question for Wout. Um, it's going to be a first Giro. You talked a lot about,
09:25uh, your sickness the last week. Um, and, and maybe you're, well, you thought of, uh, getting the,
09:33the pink jersey, but it's now going to be more dream than, than a goal. Um, and also you have a very
09:40strong team here. Uh, what do you think while riding is such a strong team, uh, with Visma?
09:47Yeah, I agree. We, um, we have a super strong team with a lot of, uh, guys for, for all kind
09:54of terrains, I would say. Um, also, yeah, we have three leaders with, uh, yeah, with almost
10:01opportunities every day because of that with, uh, with Olaf for the sprints and, uh, Simon for, for GC,
10:07uh, in the mountains. So, um, yeah, we also need to be strong. Um, so yeah, I'm really
10:14confident in the team, but yeah, like you mentioned, unfortunately, uh, my preparation was
10:19not ideal, but yeah, luckily tomorrow the race starts and, uh, yeah, we can, we can see day by day.
10:26Um, so yeah, it's, uh, it's without big expectations, but, um, let's see.
10:31Next question. Chris. Uh, for Tom. Um, Tom, obviously it's your first time here. What's been your history
10:42with the duo? Like, did you watch it much as a kid? Like, what do you know of it from speaking with
10:48writers as well? Like, yeah, how excited are you to be here? Um, to be honest, I'm not that familiar with the
10:56history, especially, you know, further, further, further, farther ago, but, um, you know, I think
11:04I have a good relationship with Italy and baby Giro and, um, yeah, I think, um, yeah, it's for sure
11:11one of the races that I've, I've wanted to do for a while. I've wanted to do it last year, but, um, yeah,
11:17so I'm, I'm excited that I get the opportunity now this year. Next question.
11:26Yes, question for Juan. Juan, what is your target for the first days? Is it to not to lose time or
11:32to get time on the others?
11:36Well, I mean, uh, tomorrow is, yeah, an important day because it's, it's, uh, stressful and, and for
11:42sure, I think you can, can lose more than, than what you can gain. So I hope, uh, we can all pass the
11:48day safely. And then I think the time trial is, uh, is a good day to, to try and make some time
11:53gaps. And, uh, I hope it favors me on, on that side. And then the third day, I think it's quite
11:59hard, but it's still long to the finish. So, so I don't see, uh, yeah, um, I don't see it being
12:05a GC, GC day, just another day to, to try and get by. Next question. Yeah, in front.
12:13A question for Juan, uh, about the, the quality of the roads. You know, uh, yesterday you, you told
12:22us that it was a bit, uh, special with some potholes. Do you think that maybe it can be dangerous
12:27in the, in the first three days? Uh, yeah, hopefully not. I'm, uh, I guess the organization did a good
12:35job to, to prepare the roads for, uh, yeah, for, uh, a raise on the highest level. Uh, yeah,
12:43the parts I saw today from, from the course, uh, look, look pretty good. And, uh, yeah, for sure
12:49it's also not a criticism that, uh, that there are a lot of holes. It's just, uh, different than
12:55what we are used to. Um, but, uh, I really enjoyed myself to discover this new, new culture and the new
13:01area. Next question, in the back. For Richard. Richard, um, there are two stages in which, uh,
13:12uh, gravel, gravel roads are important as the Siena stage, and also on College of the Finestre,
13:17there is 8K more or less. So, um, in your opinion, gravel roads can be a factor in this Giro, uh, also
13:26Siena can be, in a certain way, a decided stage, or, or not.
13:39Pienso que al final va a ser etapas muy importantes, no? Porque al final la llegada de Siena,
13:45pienso que va a haber mucho estrés, y al final todos los que están pensando en la clasificación
13:50general va a ser un día muy importante porque puede marcar una diferencia importante. Y, bueno,
13:56al final, no solo esos días, sino creo que todos estos días de inicio que tenemos ahora, la segunda
14:05semana con la crono y luego, pues, creo que todos los días en común tienen lo suyo. Y, bueno, al final,
14:13los de gravel van a tener lo suyo también.
14:15And for sure the stage, the gravel stages will be important. The Siena one will be very stressful
14:23because everyone fighting for the GC will try to stay up in front, and there can be a lot of
14:29differences and time gaps. But, uh, every day is complicated, also the beginning, the attempt trial
14:34in the second week, every day will be very complicated, uh, uh, from the start to the end of the Giro.
14:40So, uh, Hans?
14:45I have a question for Primoz. Uh, of course you have a strong team as well, but, you know, you used to
14:51ride with, uh, with Visma and with Wout as well in your team. What do you think when you see the team,
14:55and especially, uh, well, Wout van Aert, who's, he's always a strong man for, who was always strong man for you as well?
15:02Uh, well, uh, yeah, uh, like, uh, more and more, uh, detailed Wout already said. I mean, yes, they,
15:16they have a strong guys. I mean, uh, to Wout, uh, Wout is to me, uh, yeah, let's say a bit more than,
15:24than just a cyclist. So, yes, I have, uh, I have a big respect to him, uh, and, uh, yeah,
15:32definitely he, he will have his chances, huh? I mean, he, he doesn't need to, to prove nothing to no
15:38one, uh, what he can do, but he already showed, uh, really, uh, big things. So, uh, yeah, definitely,
15:46uh, we, we, we, they will have a good zero. Next question. Uh, Julio, um, tomorrow stage,
15:59uh, normally in the team, Mads Patterson will be the first, uh, uh, option, or maybe also you could
16:07play your cards tomorrow for the first stage. I said already before that tomorrow we,
16:17we're gonna race for Mads and, of course, he's on the climb. I need to be there and,
16:23uh, but I think the, the first goal will be, will be the stage with Mads.
16:31Next question. Here up in front.
16:37Hello for Wout. And what do you think about, uh, Primoz, uh, how a big contender is, uh,
16:43for this year's Giro?
16:45No comment.
16:49Yeah, of course, he's, uh, he's one of the main contenders. Um, yeah, uh, what can I say?
16:55He won so many grand tours before and especially in this Giro, he showed his, his strength. He keeps
17:01believing until, until the last day always. And, uh, yeah, that's, uh, that's why I never can
17:08underestimate him. So, uh, yeah, looking forward to, to see these guys battling.
17:14Yeah, I have another one for Egan. Uh, you won already the Giro once before and the Tour de France as well.
17:30And we know all about the bad crash you had after that. Do you still think you're able to win a Grand Tour?
17:41Well, uh, it's a good question. I don't know. But, uh, at least, you know, I think I'm still
17:51preparing myself for that. So, every morning when, when I wake up, I, I try to, to do my best and
17:57I still be living. And if I win or not, uh, we don't know yet. But at least, uh, this is my, my hope.
18:07And, uh, I will still battling every day. Uh, yeah, the, the, the main thing is that I enjoy more
18:15cycling now than before than I was winning. So that, that's a, uh, a big thing. And, uh, yeah,
18:22we'll see, we'll see where I, I can arrive. So two more questions and then we will go to Demikson.
18:30Two more questions. Uh, Juan, um, you are the youngest between, uh, uh, the pink jersey contenders.
18:38Um, age can be a factor, uh, positive or negative factor or doesn't count at all?
18:46Well, uh, that's a good question. Uh, time will tell. But, uh, I think maybe if you ask me this
18:54question in, in the world of, uh, 2022 or even 2023, then maybe it could be a factor because there are,
19:02yeah, I was new to racing grand tours and, and, uh, I didn't know if, if the last week I was going
19:06to be ready or not. But now I think this is going into this one. It's, it's my fourth grand tour. And,
19:12uh, I don't think that that's a factor to take into account. Uh, you know, if, if I crack in the last
19:17week, it's because I cracked and not due to my age or, or to anything, uh, else.
19:24Last question there in the back.
19:29Question for Egan. Egan, can you tell us something about your preparation in Colombia for this year's
19:33race? Because you obviously didn't race this, this much this year because of your collarbone injury.
19:38Thank you. So after Catalonia, I just went to Colombia. I rest one week and then restarted
19:47the preparation. Uh, I live, uh, yeah, in Bogotá and my, my house is at 2,600 meters. So it's just,
19:57I think it's more than enough. Uh, and it's good, uh, you know, quality of training there. And, uh,
20:04uh, yeah, I just did like, you know, like normal preparation. And I had the support of the team
20:11the last, uh, two weeks and yeah, I think the preparation went super good. Uh, and yeah,
20:19that's it. Then I came here and yeah, we are here. Thank you everyone.