Zakarin to target Tour de France GC in 2018

Ilnur Zakarin has confirmed he will target the podium at the 2018 Tour France. The 28-year-old Katusha-Alpecin leader finished fifth in the Giro d'Italia and third in the Vuelta a España this year and will return to the Tour de France for the second time in his career having won a stage in 2016.

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