The wait is about to end, on Sunday, with the team time trial in Barcelona, the Vuelta España Femenina will begin. Among the 21 teams participating in the first Grand Tour of 2025, the only Italian team that will be at the starting line is Bepink - Imatra – Bongioanni which will present itself at the start of the Iberian event with: Marina Garau Roca, Elisa Valtulini, Andrea Casagranda, Linda Laporta, Aileen Schweikart, Meike Uiterwijk Winkel and Nora Jenčušová. The team will be led by Team Manager Walter Zini and coach Matteo Varago.

A few hours before the team set off for Spain, we reached Zini by phone to try to experience the eve's emotions, objectives, and expectations for this Vuelta 2025.

"We are happy to be at the start of such an important race as the Vuelta, we will honor it to the fullest by trying to stand out" said the Milan-based coach to tuttobiciweb. The technical staff of Bepink - Imatra – Bongioanni decided to compose a team with young athletes and more experienced cyclists, certainly geared towards attacking: "We will try to be present in breakaways and animate the race, but we will also hunt for good results and we will try to take care of the classification with Elisa Valtulini, at her first Vuelta, and Aileen Schweikart".

Characterizing the seven stages of the 2025 Vuelta España Femenina is a route that Zini defines as "Demanding, with little flat terrain" and a time trial of eight kilometers. "In the team time trial, we will try to give our best. We have prepared, and what I have seen in training has satisfied me. Obviously, in the race, there are different variables, but we will certainly give our all".