TOUR OF ITALY | 04/30/2024 | 12.45pm
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A few days before the official start of Tour of Italy, scheduled for Saturday 4 May, VF Group Bardiani-CSF Faizanè has decided on its lineup. For the team led by Bruno Reverberi, general manager of the team, this is the 42nd participationan absolute record, no team has ever contested as many editions of the Giro as the Reggio Emilia team. Speaking of records, Domenico Pozzovivo makes history by equaling Wladimiro Panizza’s record of eighteen participations in the pink race. The eight selected athletes are: Domenico Pozzovivo, Giulio Pellizzari, Enrico Zanoncello, Alessandro Tonelli, Filippo Fiorelli, Martin Marcellusi, Luca Covili e Manuele Tarozzi.
These are the statements of sports director and team manager Roberto Reverberi:“The objective is the stage victory but we also want to focus on the overall with Pozzovivo. We are focusing a lot on Pellizzari, who despite his young age demonstrated great things at the Tour of the Alps. There is great harmony and team spirit and we want to do well, we have full faith in our athletes.”
Domenico Pozzovivo will therefore be the designated captain for the Giro d’Italia and will have the task of taking care of the general classification. At the start of the pink race the duo Tonelli-Tarozzi, who created emotions in the splendid parade victory in the first stage of the Volta Valenciana. For Alessandro Tonelli, this will be his fifth participation, while for Manuele Tarozzi from Faenza, it will be his absolute debut at the Giro.
First time also for Giulio Pellizzari from the Marche, a rider who demonstrated excellent skills in the recent Tour of the Alps, gaining eighth position in the final classification and coming close to victory in the third stage.
Also chosen are runners with a fast start such as the Veronese Enrico Zanoncello, an athlete who achieved success in Europe, winning the first stage of the Giro d’Abruzzo Crèdit Agricole and Filippo Fiorelli, who last year took third place in the final stage in Rome, won by Mark Cavendish.
The lineup ends with Luca Covili from Modena and Martin Marcellusi, determined to complete the Giro d’Italia in “his” city, the only Roman rider on the startlist. The athletes will be guided from the flagship by DS Roberto Reverberi, Alessandro Donati, Luca Amoriello and Mirko Rossato.
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