Giacomo Nizzolo will give up his European jersey on Sunday. The Italian is not on the start list, which does contain a lot of other roaring names and candidates. See here who is competing for the European title in Trentino.
Italians are eager for a new title
The European Championship for the pros was only created a few years ago, but the honors list only counts big names.
Peter Sagan, Matteo Trentin, Alexander Kristoff, Elia Viviani and Giacomo Nizzolo are the winners since 2016.
Nizzolo will not renew his title in any case. The Italian sprinter will ride the Tour of Great Britain this week and will be one of the spearheads of the Squadra for the World Cup in our country.
For their own people, the Italians are aiming for a 4th title – after Trentin, Viviani and Nizzolo – with Sonny Colbrelli (winner of the Benelux Tour), subscriber Trentin or Diego Ulissi. Also don’t lose sight of Gianni Moscon – régional de l’étape.
They are all Italians with a solid final shot, an asset that Remco Evenepoel as the Belgian leader does not have up his sleeve.
On the tough course in Italy, Dylan Teuns and Ben Hermans are especially cited as possible substitute leaders.
Sonny Colbrelli won the Benelux Tour last weekend.
Multiple options with the French, Mohoric forms a couple with Pogacar
The French have a very attractive team with Benoît Cosnefroy (in top form, see the Bretagne Classic), Romain Bardet (stage winner in the Vuelta) and Thibaut Pinot (who is slowly recovering his best legs).
The Spanish armada does not have a pronounced spearhead like Alejandro Valverde, the Dutch probably outplay Bauke Mollema.
While the Germans search fruitlessly for a sign, the Swiss can draw the card from Marc Hirschi and Gino Mäder, 5th in the Vuelta.
In the Portuguese camp it remains to be seen whether Joao Almeida still has his Polish legs available, the Slovenian selection then houses Matej Mohoric, who drove the stones out of the ground last week in the Benelux Tour.
Primoz Roglic sends his cat, Tadej Pogacar picks up the thread after the Tour and Tokyo apparently with difficulty.
Matej Mohoric, Colbrelli’s teammate in daily life, has wonderful legs.
And where are the Danes and the British?
If it does come to a sprint (from a thinned out group), Alexander Kristoff and Peter Sagan can take a shot at a second jersey.
You should never erase Zdenek Stybar and Mark Padoon, but when will the Danish selection be featured in this overview?
We hear you asking that question out loud, but the answer may be quite unexpected: the Danes are not taking part in the road race. The British are even looking the other way for the full European Championship.
List of participants European Championship cycling professionals (men)
Belgium
1 CAMPENAERTS Victor
2 DEWULF Stan
3 EVENEPOEL Remco
4 GILBERT Philippe
5 HERMANS Ben
6 TEUNS Dylan
7 VANHOUCKE Harm
8 VERMEERSCH Gianni
France
9 BARDET Romain
10 BARGUIL Warren
11 BONNAMOUR Franck
12 COSNEFROY Benoit
13 MADOUAS Valentin
14 PARET PAINTER Aurélien
15 PERICHON Pierre Luc
16 PINOT Thibaut
Slovenia
17 JERMAN Stamp
18 MOHORIC Matej
19 NOVAK Domain
20 PER David
21 POGAČAR Tadej
Benoît Cosnefroy proved in the Brittany Classic that he is more than an outsider.
The Netherlands
22 CONSTRUCTION MAN Koen
23 LONG FIELD Sebastian
24 MEAS Jan
25 MOLLEMA Bauke
26 ROOSEN Timo
27 SCHELLING Idea
28 VAN DEN MOUNTAIN Julius
29 OF THE corpse Nick
Italy
30 ALEOTTI John
31 BAGIOLI Andrea
32 CATTANEO Mattia
33 COLBRELLI Sonny
34 GANNA Filippo
35 MOSCON Gianni
36 TRENTIN Matthew
37 ULYSSES Diego
Spain
38 ADRIA OLIVERAS Roger
39 OF THE CROSS David
40 ERVITI Imanol
41 GARCIA CORTINA Ivan
42 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
43 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Ion
44 LANDA MEANA Mikel
45 SOTO GUIRAO Antonio Jesus
Matteo Trentin won the EC in 2018.
Germany
46 GESCHKE Simon
47 HEIDEMANN Miguel
48 LIPOWITZ Florian
49 RAPP Jonas
50 SLIP Jonas
51 STRONG Immanuel
52 STEIMLE Jannik
53 STEINHAUSER Georg
Switzerland
54 BADILATTI Matteo
55 HIRSCHI Marc
56 LIENHARD Fabian
57 MÄDER Gino
58 PELLAUD Simon
59 REICHENBACH Sébastien
60 THALMANN Roland
61 VOISARD Yannis
Portugal
62 ALMEIDA John
63 COSTA Rui
64 Ruben WARRIOR
65 OLIVEIRA Nelson
66 OLIVEIRA Rui
67 KINGS Rafael
Gino Mäder has taken a big step forward this season.
Russia
68 TSJARNETSKI Sergei
69 KOTSJETKOV Pavel
70 MAJKIN Roman
71 NEKRASOV Denis
72 NYTSJ Artjom
73 SIVAKOV Pavel
74 STRACHOV Dmitri
Norway
75 AASVOLD Kristian
76 BYSTRØM Sven Erik
77 EIKING Odd Christian
78 HOELGAARD Markus
79 KRISTOFF Alexander
80 LEKNESSUND Andreas
Ireland
81 BENNETT Sam
82 MC DUNPHY Conn
83 MULLEN Ryan
84 TEGGART Matthew
Poland
85 BUDZINSKI Marcin
86 GOLAS Michal
87 KACZMAREK Jakub
88 KASPERKIEWICZ Przemyslaw
89 PATERSKI Maciej
90 TRACE Simon
Austria
91 GALL Felix
92 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix
93 HALLER Marco
94 PERNSTEINER Hermann
95 SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
Czech Republic
96 BÁRTA Jan
97 KUKRLE Michael
98 ŠTYBAR Zdeněk
99 ŤOUPALÍK Adam
100 TUREK Daniel
Alexander Kristoff boosted his confidence in the Tour of Germany.
Slovakia
101 Bellan Juraj
102 ČANECKY Marek
103 HARING Martin
104 SAGAN Juraj
105 SAGAN Peter
106 TYBOR Patrik
Estonia
107 KIVISTIK Gert
108 LAUK Karl Patrick
109 HERRING Mihkel
110 TAARAMÄE Rhine
111 VAHTRA Norman
Ukraine
112 BOEDJAK Anatoli
113 BOETS Vitali
114 CHOLOVASJ Alexander
115 KONONENKO Mychajlo
116 KOELYK Andrii
117 PADOEN Mark
Luxembourg
118 ENJOY Kevin
119 RIES Michel
120 WIRTGEN Luc
121 ROOSTER Jan
Belarus
122 RJABOESJENKO Aleksandr
Romania
123 DIMA Emil ROMANIA
Lithuania
124 KOVALIOVAS Edgar
125 FAT Venantas
126 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
Hungary
127 FILUTÁS Viktor
128 PEÁK Barnabás
129 PELIKÁN János Zsombor
130 VALTER Attila
Sweden
131 ERIKSSON Lucas
132 MAGNUSSON Kim
Peter Sagan became the first European champion in 2016.
Greece
133 BOUTOPOULOS Georgios
Albania
134 HOXHA Marolino
135
136 SEFA Rainbow
137 VELIA Olsian
Finland
138 PELTONEN Husband
Israel
139 GOLDSTEIN Omer
140 SAGIV Guy
Croatia
141 RUMAC Joseph
Bulgaria
142 GJOEROV Spas
Iceland
143 GEIRSSON Hafsteinn
144 OMARSSON Ingvar
Moldavia
145 RAILEANU Cristian
North Macedonia
146 PETROVSKI Andrej
Cyprus
147 MILTIADIS Andreas
Monaco
148 BERLIN Antoine
149 LANGELLOTTI Victor
Azerbaijan
150 MIKAYILZADE Moesa
| program European Championships in Trento | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 8/9 | time trial junior women | Alena Ivantsjenko (Rus) | report |
| Wednesday 8/9 | time trial juniors men | Alec Segaert | report |
| Wednesday 8/9 | time trial mixed relay | Italy | report |
| Thursday 9/9 | time trial promises women | Vittoria Guazzini (Ita): Construction works | report |
| Thursday 9/9 | time trial elite women | Marlen Reusser (Zwi) | report |
| Thursday 9/9 | time trial promises men | Johan Price-Pejtersen (Den) | report |
| Thursday 9/9 | time trial elite men | Stefan Küng (Zwi) | report |
| Friday 10/9 | road race juniors men | Romain Gregoire (Fra) | report |
| Friday 10/9 | road race juniors women | Linda Riedmann (Dui) | report |
| Friday 10/9 | road ride promises women | Silvia Zanardi (Ita) | report |
| Saturday 11/9 | road trip promises men | Thibau Nys | report |
| Saturday 11/9 | road race elite women | Ellen van Dijk (Ned) | report |
| Sunday 12/9 | road race elite men | live report | |
