It's an unfortunate period for the Gallina Lucchini Ecotek Colosio team, which is dealing with crashes and withdrawals. This morning brought news of Ukrainian Serhii Sydor's accident while traveling to the starting point with his staff. Sydor was hit and has suffered a collarbone fracture and is now hospitalized.

Bad news also for Andrea Guerra, who will have to be sidelined for at least three months due to a terrible crash at the recent Belgrade-Banjaluka race in Serbia. A devastating blow for the rider from Vicenza, who has fractured two cervical vertebrae and must wear a neck brace.

A real setback for Cesare Turchetti's team, which has just received official confirmation from riders Andrea Cocca (from Brescia, born in 2004) and Simone Simeoni (from Lazio, born in 2002) that they have decided to quit competitive cycling.