The selection of the Italian team for the European Championships was announced… with a big surprise! In fact, although he was the big favorite in this Wednesday’s time trial, Filippo Ganna Ultimately he will not compete in this event to concentrate for Sunday’s road race. A rather surprising decision by the double world champion in the discipline, but understandable, given that he has just come out of The Return. And so it is Mattia Cattaneo and Matteo Sobrero who will participate in the time trial. In the race for the line, Summer will have a co-leadership role with Matteo TrentinEuropean Champion in 2018. They will be accompanied byEdoardo Affini, Elia Viviani (winner in 2019)Luca Mozzato, Andrea Pasqualon, Matteo Sobrero and Mattia Cattaneo.
Video – Filippo Ganna, winner of the La Vuelta time trial
The 8 Italian riders for this European Championship:
Online race:
Filippo Ganna (27 years old / INEOS Grenadiers) – 3 participations / best result: 61st (2022)
Matteo Trentin (34 years old / UAE Team Emirates) – 5 participations / best result: winner (2018)
Elia Viviani (34 years old / INEOS Grenadiers) – 4 participations / best result: winner (2019)
Mattia Cattaneo (32 years / Soudal Quick-Step) – 1 participation / withdrawal (2021)
Matteo Sobrero (26 years old / Jayco AlUla) – no participation
Luca Mozzato (25 years old / Arkéa Samsic) – 1 participation / best result: 117th (2022)
Andrea Pasqualon (35 years / Bahrain Victorious) – 1 participation / withdrawal (2019)
Edoardo Affini (27 years old / Jumbo Visma) – 1 participation / best result: 79th (2020)
Against the clock :
Mattia Cattaneo (32 years / Soudal Quick-Step) – 1 participation / 14e (2022)
Matteo Sobrero (26 years old / Jayco AlUla) – no participation
