The Kometa Cycling Team, invited to the Giro d’Italia U23

The Kometa Cycling Team’s U23 squad will compete in the next edition of the Giro d’Italia. The squad directed by Rafa Díaz Justo has been one of the fourteen foreign formations invited by the organisation in the next edition, the 42nd, which will take place between 13 and 23 June.

The Giro d’Italia u23 is one of the most outstanding races in the category and the volume of requests they receive is possibly the highest of all, so this call is a success that gives continuity to the presence of the continental team in 2018; then, the formation fought for victory in the sprints with Matteo Moschetti and had the Luxembourger Michel Ries in the fight for a general in which he finished ninth.

The Kometa Cycling Team under23 joins Team Wiggins the Holdsworth Zappi and British Cycling (UK), the also Spanish Lizarte, the Dutch SEG Racing Academy, the Belgian Lotto Soudal U23, the Swiss IAM Cycling, the American Hagen Berman Axeon Cycling Team, the French Groupama-FDJ under23, the Russian national team, the Austrian KTM Tyrol, the Colombian national team and Kazakh Astana City.

Fourteen formations representing eleven different nationalities and fifteen Italian formations will join them. From the organisation it is anticipated that it is possible that a sixteenth, of an inter-regional nature, may also form part of this year’s squad. More details will be available on 12 May.

In any case, the Giro d’Italia emerges as a major challenge for any training and could not be less for the Kometa. The 42nd edition of the U23 Giro will once again have a demanding route where the importance of the mountain will be paramount. Its 2019 layout starts with a prologue in Riccione, including a stage with eight stretches of sterrato (third day), another with a double pass through Mortirolo (sixth day), finals in Monte Amiata and Passo Maniva and a party ending with a finish in La Marmolada after a short stage of 35 km.

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