Weening supported by Rabobank and model Kroes

Pieter Weening leads, Giro d'Italia 2011, stage six

Pieter Weening must survive two demanding stages in the Giro d'Italia if he wants to keep the leader's pink jersey. He has support, however, from Dutch super team, Rabobank and top model Doutzen Kroes.

The Victoria's Secret model wrote to Weening yesterday via Twitter after he won the race's fifth leg to Orvieto and took the leader's jersey. Though Kroes lives in New York and Weening races around the world, the two come from the same city in northern Holland, Harkma.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.