Just hours before the start, the participants for the second edition of the Abruzzo Tour, organized by RCS Sport in collaboration with the Abruzzo Region and scheduled until April 18th, have been announced.

Among the main contenders for the BiancoVerdeBlu Jersey are George Bennett, 3rd place in 2024 and captain of an Israel Premier Tech team that lines up Freccia Vallone winner Stephen Williams, and David De la Cruz, who finished in the top 10 at the last Tirreno-Adriatico. The fight for the general classification will be very open given the presence of experienced riders such as Valerio Conti (11th in 2024), Louis Meintjes and Alessandro Covi, and rising young talents like German national champion Marco Brenner (8th place and White Jersey in 2024), Pablo Torres (2nd at Giro Next Gen and Tour de l'Avenir 2024 winner), Mathys Rondel (4th at Giro Next Gen 2024), Pavel Novak (5th at Giro Next Gen 2024) and Ludovico Crescioli (3rd at Valle d'Aosta Tour 2024).

Many stage hunters are at the start, from fast men like Enrico Zanoncello, Nicolò Parisini, Cesar Macias and Luca Colnaghi, to riders more suited to undulating routes like Sjoerd Bax, Georg Zimmerman, Joel Suter, Alessandro Tonelli, Kristian Sbaragli, Harm Vanhoucke, Filippo Fiorelli and Alessandro Fancellu.

THE JERSEYS OF THE ABRUZZO TOUR

The leader jerseys of the Abruzzo Tour are designed and created by Veloplus

BiancoVerdeBlu Jersey, General Classification leader, sponsored by Abruzzo Region

Cyclamen Jersey, Points Classification leader, in collaboration with madeinitaly.gov.it by ITA

Blue Jersey, Mountain Classification leader, sponsored by Banca Mediolanum

White Jersey, Young Riders Classification leader, born after 01/01/2000, sponsored by Astoria Zerotondo 0% alcohol