Strade Bianche kick-starts first races in Italy

UAE Team Emirates has confirmed the line-up for Strade Bianche (WT), the first major one day classic of the new calendar.

After 13 victories in the opening months for the team this season, the Emirati squad will be hoping to build on the bright start which was halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 
Sports Directors Marco Marzano (Ita), Bruno Vicino (Ita) and Manuele Mori (Ita) will lead the team for Strade Bianche first before taking-on Gran Trittico Lombardo (1.Pro) on 3/08 and Milano-Torino (1.Pro) on 05/8.

 
Strade Bianche

-Valerio Conti (Ita)
-Rui Costa (Por)
-Davide Formolo (Ita)
-Sergio Henao (Col)
-Tadej Pogacar (Slo)
-Jan Polanc (Slo)
-Diego Ulissi (Ita)

Gran Trittico Lombardo

-Tom Bohli (Swi)

-Jan Polanc (Slo)
-Valerio Conti (Ita)
-Marco Marcato (Ita)
-Edward Ravasi (Ita)
-Alexandr Riabushenko (Bel)
-Alessandro Covi (Ita)

 
Milano-Torino

-Tom Bohli (Swi)
-Fernando Gaviria (Col)
-Marco Marcato (Ita)
-Alexander Kristoff (Nor)

-Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor)
-Max Richeze (Arg)
-Oliviero Troia (Ita)

Marco Marzano (Sports Director) : It will be a big moment to finally return to competition after the long period away. It has been a challenging time but the riders have stayed positive throughout the break and managed to prepare very well for these first races. For Strade Bianche it could be an unpredictable race, but we have a number of cards to play.

Diego Ulissi: ” it will be unusual racing on the white roads in August rather than March but regardless of that I’m sure it will be a beautiful race. It will be a little unpredictable for sure, because it is several months since we last raced, but I know me and my teammates have been preparing well. We are all just really happy and motivated to be pinning on a race number again.”