Leopold König, now in the Middle East where he competed in the Tour of Oman, made the Tour of Italy the goal of the year. He will share leadership with the Australian Richie Porte. In any case, it will be to follow because each grand tour in which he participated, he always finished in the top 10.

"It's simple, if you look at my past results I got ninth and seventh so top five maybe or podium," he said before adding with a smile according to Cyclingnews. "The best would be getting first and second in the Giro. I don't want to put the pressure on myself, I'm just having fun. You need to have higher goals than maybe you can achieve then there is more of a probability that they will happen than if you set a goal of top 20."

It will be the first time for him at the Giro di Italia. Indeed, he has already raced the Vuelta in 2013 and the Tour of France in 2014. He said also that he would like to be selected for the French grand tour. "There is more than one month so for me it is more than enough," he said. "It's another step in my career, doing the two Grand Tours because I think normally my body is built like it needs to be under pressure and to be under big loads of racing and training. I think that it can suit me to do one race as a co-leader and one race as a helper. The learning process is really important."