Bauke Mollema: The Giro d'Italia is always an adventure

Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo)
Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) (Image credit: Getty)

Bauke Mollema first ride the Giro d’Italia back in 2010 but 13 years on, the Trek-Segafredo rider still loves the Corsa Rosa and is convinced that the Giro remains faithful to one of its roots.

“It’s always more of an adventure than the Vuelta or Tour,” Mollema, who has ridden 21 Grand Tours, including the Giro d'Italia five times, tells Cyclingnews.

“That’s partly because I know the roads a bit better in France, as I’ve done more recon camps there and the Tour more often. But also because in Italy, there are so many mountains and little towns there, they seem to have different uphill finishes every year.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.