Luke Plapp, after a commendable start to 2023, faced challenges due to surgery for a hand injury. Although he achieved success early in the season, including a time trial title and a sixth place in the Tour Down Under, his goals shifted after surgery reduced his racing opportunities. Entering the Giro d'Italia, Plapp plans to focus on building strength and seeking stage victories rather than aiming for the overall classification, adjusting his strategy based on his limited race experience this spring.
The year started awesome, but then I had a lot of days off after surgery, I missed a lot of race days in Europe, and a lot of days that were planned to happen like UAE, Paris-Nice and the likes of that.
So I'm quite fresh coming into the Giro in terms of race days, but training's been going well up to now, and I've been building every single day.
I'm interested to see how the first week goes and how I feel on the bike, and hopefully I'll be able to do well in the second half of the Giro and in the second TT.
Collection
[
|
...
]