In a Giro d’Italia 2024 who is preparing to leave on Saturday, without any particular protagonists (obviously excluding Tadej Pogacar), one of the most awaited riders for the definitive leap in quality is Cian Uijtdebroeks.
The Belgian, born in 2003, is now ready to make his mark. There have been many expectations on him for years: despite his young age, in fact, since the minor categories he had established himself as one of the possible talents ready to explode, a little in the shadow of Remco Evenepoel.
Responsibilities at home Team Visma | Lease a Bike there are many: the Dutch team in fact at the beginning of the season has not found great results (also due to the bad luck suffered by Wout van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard) and relies on the new arrival (Uijtdebroeks was one of the last market coups, not without controversy due to his farewell to Bora-hansgrohe) to turn the corner.
The goal could be the podium given his climbing skills. That he can have a great recovery and can be suitable for stage races he already demonstrated it last year at the Vuelta de España: an eighth place in the general classification at twenty years old which bodes well.
