Winner of the Tour of the Great South Coast last August, Perth-born Giacoppo said he was excited to see WA back on the National Road Series calendar.
‘To race in your own back yard in front of a home crowd ” there is no better way to do it,’ he said.
‘I know the roads well, so hopefully that should be a bit of an advantage.’
Giacoppo’s 2012 break-out season earned him the National Criterium Championship title before finishing runner-up at last year’s NRS behind South Australia’s Luke Davison.
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‘I’d certainly like to go for the overall NRS road rider this year,’ Giacoppo said. ‘I was close last year but not close enough.’
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