World Cycling Championships, Azzurri call-ups unveiled

World Cup, the summoned

The Azzurri who will take part in the World Cycling and Para-cycling Road Championships in Zurich, Sept. 21-29, have been chosen. The great novelty of this event, in the wake of last year&#39s World Championships experience in Glasgow, è that of the simultaneity of the cycling and para-cycling trials, in a program that is announced to be intense.

The first race on the program è the Paralympic Team Relay, on September 21, a test as always spectacular and in which Italy has a positive tradition. Recall that at the recent Paralympics Mestroni, Mazzone and Testa took silver behind France. The next day, Sept. 22, stage the elite time trials, men and women. Italy will be able to count on the return of Filippo Ganna and the newly crowned European champion Edoardo Affini, for the women in the race Vittoria Guazzini and Gaia Masetti.

As for the Women Elite road race, scheduled on Saturday, Sept. 28, Elisa Longo Borghini returns in the blue jersey, a month after the Olympics, on a challenging course: 154.1 km for 2384 meters of total elevation gain.

As è tradition the last day of the world championships will be dedicated to the men elite test. CT Daniele Bennati is counting on a lineup full of young riders and with as many as 6 athletes at their first experience at an elite road world championship.

Last year in Glasgow Italy won a gold, with Lorenzo Milesi, a silver, with Filippo Ganna, and a bronze, with Federica Venturelli, in the time trials. Conspicuous was the medal haul for the National Para-cycling team. In Glasgow, the Azzurri won five golds, two silvers and eight bronzes. Prominent were the H3 gold medal with Mirko Testa and the bronze medal of Andrea Tarlao among the C5, in two particularly challenging categories with a high number of pretenders to the podium.

AZZURRI CONVOCATED WORLD CUP ZURIGO 2024

CRONOMETER

JUNIORES
Andrea Donati
Lorenzo Mark Finn

WOMEN JUNIORES
Elena De Laurentiis
Misia Belotti

UNDER 23
Bryan Olivo
Andrea Noviero Raccagni

ELITE WOMEN
Vittoria Guazzini
Gaia Masetti

ELITE MEN
Edoardo Affini
Filippo Ganna

TEAM MIXED RELAY
Edoardo Affini
Mattia Cattaneo
Filippo Ganna
Elisa Longo Borghini
Gaia Realini
Soraya Paladin

TRIALS ON THE LINE

WOMEN JUNIORS
Eleonora La Bella
Silvia Milesi
Chantal Pegolo
Giada Silo

JUNIORES

Andrea Bessega
Leonardo Consolidani
Lorenzo Mark Finn
Cristian Remelli
Enea Sambinello

Reserves:
Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni
Giacomo Rosato

UNDER23
Davide De Pretto
Francesco Busatto
Pietro Mattio
Giulio Pellizzari
Florian Samuel Kajamini
Reserves:
Simone Gualdi
Federico Savino
Ludovico Crescioli

ELITE MEN

Andrea Bagioli
Mattia Cattaneo
Giulio Ciccone
Marco Frigo
Lorenzo Rota
Antonio Tiberi
Diego Ulissi
Edoardo Zambanini
Filippo Zana

WOMEN ELITE
Alice Arzuffi
Elisa Balsamo
Elisa Longo Borghini
Barbara Malcotti
Erica Magnaldi
Soraya Paladin
Gaia Realini

PARACYCLISM

Marianna Agostini
Roberta Amadeo
Federico Andreoli
Lorenzo Bernard
Manuele Caddeo
Fabrizio Cornegliani
Davide Cortini
Giorgio Farroni
Alice Gasparini
Luca Mazzone
Federico Mestroni
Luisa Pasini
Martino Pini
Giulia Ruffato
Andrea Tarlao
Mirko Testa
Paolo Totò
Ana Maria Vitelaru

PROGRAM

Saturday, September 21
Para-cycling: Team Relay: 17:00-17:45

Sunday, September 22
Para-cycling: Women’s Individual Time Trial B and C4-5: 10:00 – 11:30
Individual Time Trial Women Élite (U23 included): 12:00 – 14:15
Men’s Individual Time Trial Élite: 14:45 – 17:30

Monday, September 23
Individual Time Trial Men Juniors: 9:15 – 11:30
Para-cycling: Individual Time Trial Men B: 12:15 – 14:15
Para-cycling: Individual Time Trial Men C4-5: 14:45 – 17:30
Individual Time Trial Men U23: 14:45 – 17:30

Tuesday, September 24
Individual Time Trial Women Juniors: 8:30 – 10:30
Para-cycling: Individual Time Trial Men H1-5: 9:00 – 10:15
Para-cycling: Individual Time Trial Women C1-3 and H3-5, and Men C1-3 and H1-5: 11:00 – 15:30
Para-cycling: Individual Time Trial Women H1-2 and T1-2, and Men T1-2: 16:00 – 17:30

Wednesday, September 25
Para-cycling: Men B and Women B Line Trial: 10:45 – 13:15
Mixed Team Relay: 14:00 – 17:30

Thursday, September 26
Para-cycling: Men H1-2 and Women H1-5 Line Trial: 9:00 – 10:15
Line Trial Women Juniors: 10:00 – 12:00
Para-cycling: Men’s Line Trial C4-5 and C3: 12:15 – 14:45
Line Trial Men Juniors: 14:15 – 17:15

Friday, September 27
Para-cycling: Men’s Line Trial C1 and C2: 8:30 – 10:15
Para-cycling: Men T1-2 and Women T1-2 Line Trial: 11:00 – 12:00
Men U23 Line Trial: 12:45 – 16:45

Saturday, September 28
Para-cycling: Men’s H3 Line Trial: 8:15 – 10:00
Para-cycling: Women’s Line Trial C1-3 and C4-5: 10:45 – 12:45
Women Élite (U23 included) Line Trial: 12:45 – 16:45

Sunday, September 29
Para-cycling: Men’s Line Trial H4 and H5: 9:45 – 11:30
Men’s Line Trial Élite: 10:30 – 17:00