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Kamna ahead of Giro D'Italia 2023: 'I want to show myself in the top fight'

Heik Kölsch
Lennard Kamna at Tirreno - Adriatico in March
Lennard Kamna at Tirreno - Adriatico in MarchProfimedia
Lennard Kamna (26) is considered one of the secret favourites for the Giro D'Italia 2023, the 106th edition of the biggest cycling race in Italy. Kamna admitted that he does not expect to keep up with the overall favourites Remco Evenepoel (23, Soudal Quick-Step) and Primoz Roglic (33, Jumbo-Visma). Nevertheless, he wants to achieve his best result in a grand tour in Italy.

"I will go to the Giro and try to get a good ranking," says Kamna, who has always and exclusively gone for stage wins in his previous Grand Tours: "I don't necessarily plan to finish in the top three or five. But I want to get my hat in the ring and show myself in the fight for the overall classification."

Kamna: Tour of the Alps as final encouragement

Reason to hope for a good result was provided by the preparation, where Kämna won a mountain stage at the Tour of the Alps out of a top group with favourites for the overall classification.

"It's a different job to go into a race as captain and try to get a good ranking in the overall classification, or to try to break away and go for stage wins," Kamna said.

At the Tour of the Alps he ended up sixth overall:"I don't change my training 100% from one year to the next now. What I've really tried to do is to build up the season in a structured way and then get consistency into it. That's the most important thing for me right now."

Giro dItalia 2023: Starting signal on Saturday

On Saturday, Kämna and his team Bora-Hansgrohe, whose sponsor has just extended their contract until 2027, will start with a time-trial at the Tour of Italy. Then German cycling fans will get a first impression of Kamna's actual form.

Flashscore will be at the Giro dItalia 2023 every day. In the run-up we have analysed all the favourites and presented the five most exciting stages to you in detail.