Tom Boonen to captain Etixx-Quick-Step at the Giro d'Italia

Tom Boonen will make his return from injury at the Tour of Turkey before captaining the team at the Giro d'Italia

Tom Boonen training for the 2015 Tour of Flanders

(Image credit: Watson)

Etixx-Quick-Step team manager Wilfried Peeters says Tom Boonen could go for stage wins at the Giro d'Italia, with the team lacking a dedicated sprinter for the flat stages.

The Belgian team will be riding for Rigoberto Uran, who enters the Giro looking for his third consecutive podium finish, and Boonen will captain the story on the road in his first ever appearance at the Italian tour.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.