spoke.ie reviews the 2009 Giro d’Italia route, featuring comments from Jonathan Vaughters and the team’s plans to contend for the overall.
From the article: “The route includes many interesting stages including an opening team timetrial along the Lido in Venice (the spit of land that connects the city to the mainland. With just 5 turns on the whole course it will be an exercise in discipline and team strength which has already been targeted by some teams particularly Garmin-Slipstream, the American based squad which features many timetrial specialists. Speaking at the launch the Team Manager Jonathan Vaughters said that the team were focusing on the time trials but might bring an all rounder such as Irishman Daniel Martin to try to contend for the overall.
