Nibali to lead Bahrain-Merida at Strade Bianche
Italian one-day race in first y🍰ear on the WorldTour
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vincezo Nibali will travel from the Middle Eastern desert terrain of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Abu Dhabi Tour to the rolling dirt roads of Tuscany for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Strade Bianche on Saturday as he leads the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bahrain-Merida team in the first WorldTour edition of t🎶he Italian one-day race.
The 2016 Giro d'Italia winner will be joined in the race by Manuele Boaro, Giovanni Visconti, Ondrej Cink, Ivan Gar🥂cia Cortina, Domen Novak, D๊avid Per and Kanstantsin Siutsou.
"It's a race that I really like," Nibali said. "Seems♛ a Northern Europe classic with many opportunities to attack. It's a very tough race, 𝔍but at the same time very charming."
The 175km route starts in Siena and finishes 🐎there after "a twisty and undulating course, with no lon♒g climbs but with punchy hills, most significantly on the unpaved parts," according to the race website. "There are roughly 62km of gravel roads, appearing in 11 sectors."
Siutsou compared the race to ri⛎ding a long, ♒bumpy time trial.
"[It is] a Paris-Roubaix in Tuscany," said the ride🦄r from Belarus. "You're always on the limit; It is a race to see who resists more. I like it, the only problem if it rains the gravel roads become dangerous."
Bahrain-Merida diretor Alberto Volpi expressed confidence in the make-up of the Bahrain-Merdia ros🐭ter, especially for the specific conditions on offer.
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"I am sure to have an excellent team, with some of these guys very well suited to difficult and particular route," he ꦍsaid. "Our goal is to have more men in the final to stand beside our captain, Vincenzo Nibal🧸i, and put ourselves in conditions to play the most of our chances."
Bahrain Merida roster for Strade Bianche: Vincenzo Nibali, Manuele Boaro, Giovanni Visconti, Ondrej Cink, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Domen Novak, ♒David Pe﷽r and Kanstantsin Siutsou.
