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Wiggins Races In Giro d'Italia

Bradley Wiggins is set to race in Team Sky's first Grand Tour, Giro d'Italia on May 8...

Bradley Wiggins tops the billing as Team Sky announced their nine-man squad for their first Grand Tour, Giro d'Italia. Bradley is joined by Dario Cioni, Michael Barry, Steve Cummings, Chris Froome, Mathew Hayman, Greg Henderson, Morris Possoni and Chris Sutton.

The 21-stage event starts with a time trial in Amsterdam on 8th May and finishes with another race against the clock in Verona on 30 May. It covers 3,418 kilometres in total and takes in fabled mountains Monte Zoncolan, Plan de Corones - which is used for the stage 16 time trial - and the Gavia Pass.

Bradley will be looking to make his mark on the general classification early on, with an 8.4km time trial getting the race under way followed by two flat stages in Holland and then a team time trial on stage four. Although the season is geared towards peaking for the Tour de France, Bradley has a chance of claiming the Pink jersey and Team Principal Dave Brailsford was quick to stress that he will also give the Giro the full respect it deserves adding "you can't go to a race like the Giro and not take it seriously. You go to the Giro to race the Giro and that's what Bradley will do."

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