Patrick Lefevere arrived at the Giro d'Italia together with Jurgen Foré, the CEO of Soudal Quick Step, and will be close to the team's riders for a few days.

"We haven't had much luck so far, given Mikel Landa's withdrawal in the first stage. We hope that today our young Paul Magnier can do well in the sprint, and then we'll see if we can be protagonists in the last week. The UAE choices? Having multiple winning riders is a luxury, it used to happen to us in the classics when we had Museeuw, Ballerini, and Tafi, for example... And in the end, I believe a young rider will wear the pink jersey in Milan".