Alberto Bettiol, Damiano Caruso, Giulio Ciccone, Gianni Moscon and Vincenzo Nibali.
These are the 5 called up for the Italian national cycling team that will run the road test of the Tokyo Olympics.
This was announced today by the blue coach Davide Cassani during the press conference in Milan in which the blue squads for the Olympic Games were unveiled for all disciplines on two wheels, from the road to the track to mountain biking and the rookie BMX.
"I didn't call Nibali for his surname, but because I am convinced he can live up to this tough race, it will be a really challenging path. We have a good team, but there are great champions in every other national team," Cassani explained. . The road test will be staged on 24 July in a 234 km circuit with 4865 meters of elevation gain.
Filippo Ganna, on the other hand, will be the most anticipated man first on July 28 in the time trial on the road (in which he is reigning world champion) then in the team pursuit on the track from 2 August (after the bronze in the last world championship). On the track, then, the standard-bearer Elia Viviani will also be the protagonist, who aims to defend the gold won in the Omnium in Rio in 2016.
In addition to the men called up for the men's road test, all the Azzurri protagonists in cycling at the Tokyo Games were revealed.
Women's road race: Elisa Longo Borghini, Soraya Paladin and two between Marta Cavalli, Marta Bastianelli and Tatiana Guderzo.
Men's track: Elia Viviani, Filippo Ganna, Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon and Jonathan Milan.
Women's track: Martina Alzini, Elisa Balsamo, Rachele Barbieri, Vittoria Guazzini, Martina Fidanza and Letizia Paternoster.
Mountain bike: Gerhard Kerschbaumer, Luca Braidot, Nadir Colledani and Eva Lechner.
BMX: Giacomo Fantoni.
Paralympics: Pierpaolo Addesi, Fabio Anobile, Paolo Cecchett, Luca Mazzone, Diego Colombari, Fabrizio Cornegliani, Giorgio Farroni, Federico Mestroni, Michele Pittacolo, Andrea Tarlao, Katia Aere, Eleonora Mele, Francesca Porcellato and Ana Maria Vitelaru.
