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Nys\u2019 profile points naturally towards the Giro. His strengths lie in short climbs, aggressive racing and selective finales, rather than long, high-mountain GC efforts.<\/p>\n
That was reflected throughout 2025, where he took a standout win at the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain and consistently held his own in hilly WorldTour races. His Tour de France debut later in the season was framed as a learning exercise, giving him experience of three-week racing without results pressure.<\/p>\n
The Giro offers something different. It is a race that rewards opportunism, and Lidl-Trek are expected to give Nys the freedom to operate as a stage-hunter, rather than tying him to a single fixed team role.<\/p>\n
Milan and Ciccone shape Lidl-Trek\u2019s wider Giro ambitions<\/p>\n
The presence of Jonathan Milan underlines clear sprint objectives. The Italian remains one of the most reliable finishers in the peloton, and the Giro is a natural focal point for his season.<\/p>\n
Giulio Ciccone provides Lidl-Trek with a GC and climbing reference, particularly on home roads where he has historically delivered some of his strongest performances.<\/p>\n
Within that structure, Nys adds flexibility. He is not being positioned as a pure domestique, but as a rider capable of animating stages that sit outside the traditional sprint and GC scripts.<\/p>\n
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A Giro d’Italia debut awaits Thibau Nys in 2026<\/p>\n
A clear next step<\/p>\n
A Giro debut in 2026 marks a logical progression for Nys and reflects Lidl-Trek\u2019s growing confidence in his road trajectory. Rather than bringing him to a Grand Tour purely for experience, the team appear ready to race with him, not just around him.<\/p>\n
For Lidl-Trek, the combination of Milan, Ciccone and Nys points to a Giro campaign built on multiple avenues for success, with attacking ambition firmly at its core.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nys\u2019 profile points naturally towards the Giro. His strengths lie in short climbs, aggressive racing and selective…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,20995,112485,110189,109119,101,113697,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-315766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-giro-ditalia","tag-giulio-ciccone","tag-jonathan-milan","tag-lidl-trek","tag-sports","tag-thibau-nys","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}