Bettiol tricolor, Dagnoni pushes him toward Paris

Dagnoni’s words

Alberto Bettiol, who won the Italian Road Elite Championship in Sesto Fiorentino, was congratulated by the president of the Italian Cycling Federation Cordiano Dagnoni.

"Alberto deserves this jersey – emphasized the number 1 of Italian cycling -. He's one of our most talented riders and the fact that he won as a favorite, in Tuscany as a Tuscan, in front of a fantastic public, makes his feat even more" valuable".

"Having seen him at work, with an uncertain condition after the fall, comforts us and gives us hope for the future starting with the Tour, in which he will participate with the tricolor jersey on his shoulders. This, for the entire Italian cycling movement, è the greatest satisfaction" added Dagnoni.

Bettiol, in force at EF Education-EasyPost, launched the decisive action in the last passage on Monte Morello, pulling a handful of seconds away from escape companions Lorenzo Rota and Edoardo Zambanini, second and third respectively.