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EFE · Road Competition · 01/10/2020
The Spanish cyclist Pello Bilbao (Gernika, 30 years old), national time trial champion, has been included in the Barhain-McLaren team for the 103rd edition of the Giro d’Italia that begins in Sicily next Saturday.
The Basque cyclist, who has just finished his participation in the Tour de France, faces “excited” his fourth participation in the pink race.
“I am excited to get back to the Giro, especially after the two victories last year. I enter the race in good shape after the Tour de France. The first stages between Sicily and Calabria are especially interesting for me and I would like to be at the front fighting for the victory”.
The Bahrain line-up will be made up of the following riders: Yukiya Arashiro (JAP), Enrico Battaglin (ITA), Pello Bilbao (ESP), Eros Capecchi (ITA), Domen Novak (ESL), Mark Padun (UKR), Hermann Pernsteiner ( AUT) and Jan Tratnik (ESL).
The 103 Italy tour starts in Sicily on Saturday with a 15 km individual time trial from Monreale to Palermo. This year’s route is about 3,500 kilometers in total, and after the first four Sicilian stages, the “pink race” heads north up the Adriatic.
The third and final week includes many iconic climbs where the overall contenders will battle for pink, including Monte Bondone, Stelvio, Colle dellAgnello, Col dIzoard, Monginevro and Sestriere.
The 2020 Giro d’Italia will end with another individual time trial: 16.5 kilometers from Cernusco di Naviglio to Milan.
For Franco Pellizotti, the team’s sporting director, “to be a very demanding Giro, with several high finishes, and an unknown climate in the Alps at the end of October that represents an additional challenge for cyclists”.
“Our goal is to win as many stages as possible, while Pernsteiner aim for a good result in the general classification,” he said.
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