The plan of Arkea B&B Hotels for the Giro d'Italia starting Friday is clear: "The objective our riders are setting - explains sports director Didier Rous - is to aim for stage victory. Luca Mozzato will be our sprint leader, after which the other riders will have free rein to go in breakaways that will likely go all the way. We have a young team with Embret Sevstad-Bårdseng, Martin Tjøtta and Gisoué Épis, all three have distinguished themselves at the start of the season and have shown great qualities. They will be accompanied by more experienced riders like Michel Ries, Laurens Huys, Simon Guglielmi and Alessandro Verre who will support and guide them during the three weeks of racing. We want to enliven this Giro, and start with good results. As we've seen from the start of the season, it's the offensive riders who are often rewarded".