Vegni still working on bringing Froome and Dumoulin to the Giro d'Italia

Mauro Vegni is still hopeful of attracting the best Grand Tour riders to the Giro d'Italia in 2018. The Giro director, speaking exclusively to Cyclingnews at the Rouleur Classic last week, said that his dream was to see the top two riders from all three 2017 Grand Tours on the start line of the Giro in 2018.

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Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.