Team Bahrain Victorious is ready to take on the 30th Japan Cup. The 164.8km road race starts and ends in Utsunomiya and consists of 16 laps around a 10.3km course that climbs Mt. Kogashi, which has an altitude of 3,000 meters.
Yuki Shinshiro returns to the roads of his homeland and brings his experience to a young team. This race marks the end of Hermann Pernsteiner’s time with the team and he hopes to put in one last strong performance. The young Italian duo Blatti and Zambanini will lead the team and aim for results in the race. Finally, Sergio Tu has put together a lineup of five riders, returning to the team after a strong performance at the ITT at the Asian Summer Games.
Sporting director Franco Pellizotti believes Blatti’s recent form has given him the potential to achieve results in the race. “We have a good team and Blatti is in good form, as he proved in Lombardy and Croatia. When he is in this condition we will strive for results. For Hermann our team There is no doubt that we will be aiming for a good result here as it will be our last race in 2020. Sergio Tu will definitely be aiming for a breakaway, and we also have Japanese rider Yukiya Shinshiro who is gaining experience on his home road. , you’re definitely looking for great results.
There are seven World Tour teams participating here, so it’s certainly not easy to get results, but I’ve talked to the players and they’re all highly motivated to race well and get results. have. ”