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Il Gran Piemonte
Wednesday, August 12th
The Ciclismo Cup continues with the Giro del Piemonte this Wednesday. The race has seen all kind of profiles over the recent years, from completely flat (2018, won by Sonny Colbrelli) to a mountain-top finish (won by Egan Bernal in 2019). This year it's more traditionally, on the hilly side:
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The race’s final climb is the same the peloton faced at the finish of the Barbaresco-Barolo ITT in 2014’s Giro d’Italia, now with an extra stretch of ascending required before reaching the line.
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The time trial was won by #quickstep Rigoberto Uran back then, who will not be around this year though:
- #alpecin ALPECIN - FENIX
- #androni ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI – SIDERMEC
- #astana ASTANA PRO TEAM
- #bardiani BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE'
- #ccc CCC TEAM
- #circus CIRCUS - WANTY GOBERT
- #deceuninck DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP
- #gazprom GAZPROM - RUSVELO
- #israel ISRAEL START-UP NATION
- #mitchelton MITCHELTON - SCOTT
- #movistar MOVISTAR TEAM
- #teamit NAZIONALE ITALIANA
- #ntt NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM
- #ineos TEAM INEOS
- #jumbo TEAM JUMBO - VISMA
- #trek TREK - SEGAFREDO
- #uae UAE TEAM EMIRATES
- #vinizabu VINI ZABU' KTM
As usual, RCS decided not to invite any Continental teams, but #friuli Aleotti & Milan, #colpack Gazzoli, #biesse Plebani, #tirol Rivi, same as Marco Marcellusi & Luca Colnaghi got a late call to compete for the #teamit Italian National Team.
The race will be live on Eurosport in the late afternoon, and also on RaiSport at 16:30 cest