Elia Viviani will race on the track at the Gent Six Day with Belgium’s Iljo Keisse this week but the Olympic omnium champion is determined to focus on his road racing in 2017, confirming that Milan-San Remo his big goal for the spring.
The Gent Six Day is the first time the Italian has competed on the boards since his emotional victory in Rio ahead of Mark Cavendish and Lasse Norman Hansen exactly three months ago. Viviani and Keisse will take on Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins and a strong field of 12 teams on the tight 166-metre track.
Viviani has enjoyed a short holiday with his partner and Italian road race champion Elena Cecchini since ending his 2016 season at the Abu Dhabi Tour. He is hoping his experience on the track will make up for any lack of fitness.
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“It’s the most famous of all the six days. There’ll be some big name riders in action and it could be Wiggins’ last race. It wasn’t actually part of plans for the winter but I couldn’t miss it. I haven’t raced on the track since Rio, so it’s going to be special,” Viviani explained to Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I certainly don’t have the form I had in Rio but for sure I feel rested. After the Abu Dhabi Tour I had eight days on holiday in the Maldives going from my room to the beach and back again. I slept 11 hours a day, my body totally switched off.”
Focusing on road racing
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