Glasgow World Championships, the eight Azzurri competing
Glasgow World Championships, the eight Azzurri competing
On the eve of the men’s elite road race at the world championships in Glasgow, Italy’s head coach Daniele Bennati, as written in the Italian Cycling Federation’s communiqué, “named the eight starters for tomorrow’s race (9:30 a.m. start, 271.1 km):
Andrea Bagioli – Soudal-Quick Step
Filippo Baroncini – Lidl – Trek
Alberto Bettiol – EF Education – Easypost
Daniel Oss – Totalenergies
Lorenzo Rota – Intermarché – Circus – Wanty
Kristian Sbaragli – Alpecin-Deceuninck
Matteo Trentin – Uae Team Emirates
Simone Velasco – Astana Qazaqstan
Reserve: Andrea Pasqualon – Baharain Victorious
Making their debut at a pro world championships are Baroncini (Italian No. 258), who returns to a rainbow event 2 years after his success among the U23s in Leuven, Sbaragli (Italian No. 259) and Velasco (Italian No. 260).
AZURITES COMPETING ON SUNDAY, AUG. 6
In the other scheduled races, as far as the track is concerned, Elia Viviani’s tournament debut, who reached Glasgow last night.
In the individual pursuit, Filippo Ganna and Jonathan Milan are entered as defending world champion and defending European champion, respectively. At the end of the team pursuit final today evening, athletes and staff will evaluate participation.
MTB also makes its debut in the morning, with the Marathon Elite and Women Elite races.
9 a.m. – MARATHON: Elite Men: Fabian Rabensteiner, Samuele Porro, Diego Rosa, Lorenzo Samparisi, Dario Cherchi, Juri Ragnoli;
9:30 a.m. – MARATHON: Elite women: Claudia Peretti, Sandra Mairhofer;
9:30 a.m. – ROAD: pro line: Andrea Bagioli, Filippo Baroncini, Alberto Bettiol, Daniel Oss, Lorenzo Rota, Kristian Sbaragli, Matteo Trentin, Simone Velasco;
10.24 – TRACK: Men’s individual pursuit qualifiers: Filippo Ganna (world champ)*, Jonathan Milan (European champ)*, Manlio Moro, Niccolò Galli;
2:41 p.m. – TRACK: 1st test Omnium men (scratch): Elia Viviani;
15.00 – BMX FREESTYLE: Men’s semifinals: Alessandro Barbero;
6:22 p.m. – TRACK: 2nd round men’s Omnium (time race): Elia Viviani;
18.34 – TRACK: Women’s Elimination: Rachele Barbieri;
19,16 – TRACK: 3rd trial Omnium men (elimination): Elia Viviani;
20.12 – TRACK: 4th Omnium men’s test (points race): Elia Viviani”.
