Days of national championships, but also days on the eve of the Tour de France: many teams still have to finalize their lineups and therefore there are many anticipations coming in succession.

At XdS Astana, the withdrawal of Lorenzo Fortunato is now certain: the Bologna climber fell ill at the Tour Auvergne Rhône Alpes, has not recovered and will therefore focus on the Vuelta. His team's presence is certain instead for Simone Velasco and Davide Ballerini who will go hunting for stage wins and will lend a hand in the sprint train for Max Kanter.

Giulio Ciccone will also not be at the Tour de France and, according to the anticipation by Ciro Scognamiglio in La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Abruzzese will focus in particular on one-day races and short stage races until reaching the World Championships and the Lombardia.

The official announcement is still missing, which will likely come on Monday, but the decision by Visma Lease a Bike to not field Edoardo Affini is getting closer and closer, after he crashed on Thursday during the national time trial. The Dutch team would have called up Bart Lemmen, asking him among other things to give up racing the national championship.