Italian national selector Davide Cassani has confirmed his team for the 2017 Bergen World Championships. Cassani can count on a versatile men's team with several options including the inform quartet Sonny Colbrelli, Matteo Trentin, Diego Ulissi, and Elia Viviani.
National time trial champion Gianni Moscon has been selected for the race against the clock having helped Chris Froome to overall Vuelta a Espana victory in early-September.
Italy has won 55 medals at the World Championships but is still searching for its first podium appearance since Alessandro Ballan, and Damiano Cunego finished first and second at Varese in 2008.
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While Cassani lost Vincenzo Nibali to injury for the Worlds, in the lead into the September 24 race Trentin won four stages at the Vuelta, Ulissi won the GP Montreal, Colbrelli was third at Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France, and won Coppa Bernocchi, while Viviani was second at the European Championships and has enjoyed success at Cyclassics Hamburg and Bretagne Classic-Ouest-France.
Daniele Bennati will be the road captain for the race with Alberto Bettiol, Alessandro De Marchi, and Salvatore Puccio also selected.
"We started the season slowly but now were winning a lot and winning well, it's the best moment of the season for Italian riders. That's good to know and encouraging. Riders like Viviani and Trentin are at their very best," Cassani told La Gazzetta dello Sport late last week.
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