 Leopard Trek entered the Giro with limited aspirations . Squad leader Wegmann was a former Giro mountains classification winner , but he said he would not target that award in the 2011 Giro and instead hoped for a stage win . He said the squad would aim to finish eighth or better in the opening team time trial and that Zaugg was the squad 's general classification rider , though it would be unlikely for him to finish higher than 15th . The squad came in 14th in the team time trial , finishing with eight riders together at a deficit of 42 seconds to the winners HTC – Highroad . Weylandt was ninth in the field sprint to finish stage 2 the next day . 
