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Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team announces Giro d’Italia line-up

Tom Pidcock leads the team at the Giro d’Italia Grande Partenza in Albania on Friday May 9. Joining him are Xabier Mikel Azparren (ESP), Nick Zukowsky (CAN), Matteo Moschetti (ITA), Damien Howson (AUS), Mark Donovan (GBR), Milan Vader (NED) and Emīls Liepiņš (LAT).

The sports directors are Gabriele Missaglia, Daniele Nieri, Kurt Bogaerts and Jens Zemke.

5 May 2025

“This is our first Grand Tour and it’s really something special”, says general manager Doug Ryder. “Our Italian title partner Q36.5 has an extreme vision of the future of cycling clothing. To be able to represent this brand in Italy’s greatest race is a privilege.”

“We have prepared this race well, with the utmost precision, so our eight riders can perform to the best of their ability supported by a dedicated group of staff working together with such unity. I’m incredibly proud to see this team come together in the fight for results.”

Team leader Tom Pidcock wants to continue on his good form from the Ardennes Classics.

“This is my first Giro d’Italia and I am excited,” said Tom Pidcock. “Racing in Italy is always special, and I’ve got a lot of great memories from racing there. It’s a fantastic opportunity for us as a team and we have a responsibility to show we are worthy of that opportunity. I believe the whole team is going with a mission to show ourselves as Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.”

“For me personally I come with high ambitions and with the form I’ve carried from the Ardennes I know the legs will be there. Of course, there are many opportunities, but we are going to plan well and pick our moments”

Sports director Gabriele Missaglia is passionate about racing and even more about racing in Italy. He approaches the Giro d’Italia as 21 opportunities to get a good result.

This is our first Grand Tour and it’s really something special

Doug Ryder

“We are proud to be in the race. My last Giro d’Italia was in 2021 with Team Qhubeka and we won three stages,” says Gabriele Missaglia. “Our ambition this year is not to start with one goal like the general classification. We look at the race day by day. We hope to win stages with Tom or with Matteo. For Matteo there are five or six sprint opportunities. For Tom, who is our team leader, this is a perfect course with several opportunities for his type of rider. The Giro d’Italia is an open race this year so all our riders will have opportunities in a breakaway situation. I look forward to racing as a team.”