JV, Giro announcementPic: Matt Conn/Pez

PezCycling talks to Garmin-Slipstream’s Jonathan Vaughters (above right) about his thoughts on and hopes for the 2009 Giro d’Italia.

From the article: “Christian wants to do both [Giro and Le Tour]. Racing the Giro and racing hard at the Giro is what got him to the point where he could do so well in the Tour, so it’s not a matter of sitting in the grupetto and just twiddling around,” said Vaughters. “Christian was riding for the maglia rosa for quite a bit of the race, so if he wants to do that, it’s already worked for.”

“So our objectives are that we’re going to bring a really strong team time trial team and a really strong team to hunt for stages and then one young climber to see if he can take away something on GC in that first week.”