The four-day Giro del Trentino Melinda will again provide perfect final preparation for the Giro d’Italia, with a clash between Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Mikel Landa (Team Sky) likely to give a taste of what is to come in the first Grand Tour of the season in May.
The four stages of this year’s race were unveiled on Tuesday, with race organisers GS Alto Garda confirming that the 40th edition of the Italian stage race will be broadcast live on television.
Eighteen teams will take part in the four days of racing between Tuesday April 19 and Friday April 22, including Ag2r-La Mondiale, Astana and Team Sky, with the trio of Domenico Pozzovivo, Jean-Christophe Peraud and Romain Bardet set to take on Nibali and Landa.
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The Androni-Sidermec, Bardiani-CSF, Bora-Argon 18, Caja Rural Seguros RGA, Drapac, Gazprom-Rusvelo, Nippo-Fantini, Southeast-Venezuela Professional Continentals teams plus SkyDive Dubai, Tirol, Amore&Vita-SMP, Norda-MG KVis and D’Amico-Bottecchia) and two national teams from Italy and Brazil complete the field.
Nibali has won the Giro del Trentino twice in his career and will be looking for a third victory before targeting the Giro d’Italia. The 31-year-old from Sicily will have an opportunity to tie Damiano Cunego for the most overall wins in Trentino. Nibali has always performed in the Trentino mountains, winning his first Italian national title in the area too.
Last year’s race saw Landa clash with Richie Porte and the Basque rider will be back to face Nibali this year as he tries to get his debut season with Team Sky back on track following a difficult spring due to illness. Landa rode the recent Coppi e Bartli stage race but the Giro del Trentino will give a real indication if he can still be a Giro d’Italia contender. Landa was third at the Corsa Rosa last year and second at Giro del Trentino Melinda. Now sporting the Team Sky colours, the Spaniard is looking the claim the highest step of the podium.
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