The team will not be at the start of the race scheduled for tomorrow because it has lost the status of a team recognized by the International Cycling Union
Genoa – Gazprom-Rusvelo, Russian cycling team, will not be at the start of the 59th Laigueglia Trophy scheduled for tomorrow. The team was excluded from the race by decision of the International Cycling Union which removed the affiliation and the team status recognized to the team.
Already in the morning the news emerged that the organizers of the Tour of Norway were thinking of withdrawing the invitation to Gazprom-Rusvelo after Russia’s military attack on Ukraine and now the provision of the ICU has arrived that prevents the team from competing as early as tomorrow.
From the list of 172 riders ready to start tomorrow Gazprom-Rusvelo cyclists will therefore be excluded: the Russians Sergei Chernetskii and Nikolai Cherkasov, the Italians Giovanni Carboni, Nicola Conci and Alessandro Fedeli, the Czechs Michael Kukrle and Mathias Vacek.
Among the starters there are four riders who have already won the race in the past: Davide Cimolai (2015), Simone Velasco (2019), Giulio Ciccone (2020) and Dutchman Bauke Mollema (2021). Among the big names they also stand out
the Olympic and world champion in team pursuit Simone Consonni, Lorenzo Fortunato and the American Joe Dombrowski, rulers of the Zoncolan and Sestola stages at the 2021 Giro d’Italia, the Australian Richie Porte, Diego Ulissi and the Ligurian Niccolò Bonifazio who will be part of the Italian national team.
Before the race, as explained by the mayor of Laigueglia, Roberto Sasso Del Verme, there will be “a minute of meditation. In a difficult moment like the present one, we are close and in solidarity with the populations affected by the terrible tragedy of the war. We are deeply convinced that sport must always be the bearer of a message of peace and that athletes must not passively suffer a situation just because they come from one geographical area rather than another. As always it will be a great Laigueglia Trophy. “
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