UAE Team Emirates to the Giro di Lombardia

On October 7th, UAE Team Emirates will bring an attacking squad to the starting line for the Giro di Lombardia: 247 km from Bergamo to Como.

“We aren’t race favourites, but we have several guys we can count on,” says Sports Director Mario Scirea. “As we know, the Giro di Lombardia is really very hard and the climbers will make a difference. This is why we’ll have to come up with something, knowing that we can count on some excellent athletes among our ranks, like Ulissi, Rui Costa and Conti”.

Diego Ulissi is coming to this event highly motivated: “The Lombardia is one of the hardest one-day Classics in the world; it might even be the hardest, if you consider the altitude changes. The strategic point will be the wall at Sormano, which will definitely be selective if the climbers are strong. As for me, I’m in good physical form and I’m going to try to give it my all to get the best result possible.”

Roster: Durasek Kristijan (Croatia), Atapuma Darwin (Colombia), Conti Valerio (Italy), Costa Rui (Portugal), Petilli Simone (Italy), Polanc Janc (Slovenia), Ravasi Edward (Italy), Ulissi Diego (Italy).

Sports Director: Scirea Mario (Italy).