Giro d’Abruzzo, next race for Team Polti VisitMalta
The Italian calendar continues for Team Polti VisitMalta, which faces four hard and demanding stages in Abruzzo in order to continue polishing its form for the Giro d’Italia.
From Tuesday, the peloton will compete in a route that will have its most easiest day precisely in the first stage near Pescara. The rest of the days increase in difficulty, with the up and down of the second stage on the road to Penne, the queen stage with 160 kilometres and the ascent to Roccaraso (17 kilometres of ascent) on the third day, or the final day which will be the longest with 164 kilometres on a hilly terrain on the road to Isola del Gran Sasso.
Polti VisitMalta will start the race with Ludovico Crescioli, Davide De Cassan, Alex Martin, Gabriele Raccagni, Fernando Tercero, Alessandro Tonelli and Samuele Zoccarato. Cyclists for the hardest stages and also to be protagonists in the rest of the days, through breakaways or winning moves.
Davide De Cassan: ‘We are prepared and motivated to do well in the four days, I think that because of the characteristics of each day is a real opportunity to do well, so we face the race with that ambition’.
Stefano Zanatta: “There will be four days with a lot of elevation gain, the easiest day is the first one in which a sprint can take place, while the queen stage will be the third day with the top finish at Roccaraso. I think we have a complete team to do well, with climbers like Tercero or Álex Martín and riders who will also fight like Tonelli and De Cassan. The level of the rivals will be high, but I’m sure we can get a good result”.
