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With the 2014 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia Grand Partenza in Northern Ireland and stages in the Republic, Irishman 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nicholas Roche was always going to target the Italian grand tour as a season goal. The 29-year-old has one final warm up race, the 68th Tour de Romandie, before the Giro and will be backed by a strong 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tinkoff-Saxo team at the WorldTour race

Roche has been training in Italy, fine-tuning his preparation for the Swiss race which begins and ends with a ra🌸c💟e against the clock and includes several mountain stages.

"Having been on training camp near Etna on Sicily, my form is coming along nicely," Roche said. "We've all been working really hard over the past four weeks🃏 and I think it's finally starting to show.

"It✤'s been an important camp in terms of preparing for the Giro and h💛opefully, Tour de Romandie will brush off my condition so I'll be ready. I feel ready and that’s a good start," Roche said.

Backing Roche will be Rafal Majka, who impressed at last year's Giro finishing seventh overall, and new signing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Edward Beltran. The Colombian climber signed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:for the team i🍰n🍃 March on a two-year deal and will join Roche at the Giro whe𒀰re he will make his grand tour debut.

Tinkoff-Saxo for Tour de Romandie: Nicolas Roche, Rafal Majka, Evgeny Petrov, Pawel Poljanski, Oliver Zaugg, J🔴ay McCarthy, Christopher Juul-Jen🌼sen and Edward Beltran.