Zakarin can make the podium at the Giro d'Italia, says Konyshev

Ilnur Zakarin is confident he can finish on the podium of the Giro d'Italia this year, with his Katusha-Alpecin sports director Dimitri Konyshev convinced the Russian will win a Grand Tour before his career is out.

Patrick Fletcher

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