I get that, in other words the thinking seems to be that he will regain his racing craft over the course of the Giro, although I doubt he'll still be in contention by the time that he does. Still, it is odd that he will not have at least ridden say the Tour of the Alps before. I just can't see, even for someone as talented as Remco, going into the Giro cold turkey and coming out on top (or even nearly so). The team apparently doesn't hold illussions of victory, so why not give him the opportunity to get prepared with some racing beforehand? What harm would that do? Would it benefit him? Why not? But evidently they know what they are doing, thus who am I to complain?
To address Red's point about skipping the Giro and heading right for the Tour with the usual prep races, principally I'd think the Dauphine. It's an interesting proposition, as past winners have almost entirely skipped the Classics season and built up their Tour preparation with altitude camps and then the Dauphine essentially. On the other hand, it would be Remco's debut GT and the prevailing thought seems to be that you don't send a rider (let alone one as young as Remco) to the Tour as his first GT with any hopes of finishing it. Well Pogacar won the first Tour he rode, you say? True, but he already had a third place Vuelta in his legs. So I guess they want Remco to do a GT before making his Tour debut. Well in that case, would not the Vuelta with racing beforehand be the better option than going into the Giro with no racing at all in the legs first? Only time will tell, apparently.