The second race on the program of the European Championships in Ljubljana will see the men of the Under 23 category as protagonists. For them a route of 141.8 kilometers is planned, consisting of an initial straight section of 75.8 kilometers and three laps of a final circuit of 22 kilometers that will help select the candidates for the conquest of the European title. There are 139 riders at the start representing 38 nations.

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Italy presents itself at the start with a formation of absolute value guided by technical commissioner Marino Amadori and composed of six riders capable of making a good showing on the international stage. Leading the Italian group will be Mattia Negrente from Vicenza (XDS Astana Development), reigning Italian champion and fresh from the success achieved last Tuesday in the Ruota d'Oro in Tuscany. Great anticipation also for Nicolas Milesi from Bergamo (Netcompany INEOS Racing Academy), fresh from the silver medal won in the world time trial in Montreal. Completing the selection are Michele Bicelli from Brescia (Biesse Carrera Premac), Roberto Capello from Asti (EF Education Aevolo), Stefano Masciarelli from Chieti (Padovani Polo Cherry Bank) and Simone Zanini from Varese (XDS Astana Development), nephew of former professional Stefano Zanini. A balanced and competitive squad, called to compete with the best of continental Under 23 cycling in a race that promises to be fast, selective and spectacular.

The pool of contenders for the European jersey is of the highest level and sees Belgium as the most anticipated nation. After the disappointment suffered at the Montreal Worlds, the spotlight is on Niels Driesen, Jasper Schoofs and Matisse Van Kerckhove, riders who have all the characteristics to play a leading role on the Slovenian roads.

Among the most feared opponents are the Spanish Hector Alvarez, silver medalist at the Montreal Under 23 World Championships, and Ñaut Urcaregui Sanz, as well as German Max Böck, already third at the Giro della Valle d'Aosta. The Dutch team is also very competitive and will be able to count on Ryan Gal, world time trial champion in Canada, and Gijs Schoonvelde, while Denmark relies on an absolute value trio composed of Kevin Biehl, Patrick Frydkjaer and Mads Landbo. Also worth following closely are Norwegian Kasper Haugland, Hungarian Barnabas Vas, a possible outsider of the race, Polish Jan Jackowiak, Portuguese Daniel Lima and Daniel Moreira, French Theophile Vassal, Swiss Nicola Zumsteg and Melk Zumstein, Slovenians Erazem Valjavec, a rider with pedigree and particularly motivated on home roads, and Anze Ravbar, without forgetting Finnish Kasper Borremans. Great Britain is absent.

THE STARTERS

Italy
1 BICELLI Michele
2 CAPELLO Roberto
3 MASCIARELLI Stefano
4 MILESI Nicolas
5 NEGRENTE Mattia
6 ZANINI Simone

France
7 LAMBERT WETZEL Tom
8 LANGELLA Lenaic
9 LESUEUR DUFRENE Louka
10 RUESCHE Soan
11 VASSAL Théophile
12 VEZIE Maxime

Belgium
13 DRIESEN Niels
14 SCHOOFS Jasper
15 SOENENS Viktor
16 TAILLIEU Aldo
17 VAN KERCKHOVE Matisse
18 VANHUFFEL Matteo

Czechia
19 BÁRTA Martin
20 BITTMAN Adam
21 KADLEC Milan
22 ŠUMPÍK Pavel

Spain
23 ALVAREZ MARTINEZ Hector
24 CUBILLAS SALVADOR Javier
25 FUENTES PANIEGO Oscar
26 GARCIA GOMEZ Emilio
27 URCAREGUI SANZ Ñaut
28 ZARAGOZA PASCUAL Vicent

Germany
29 BEHRENS Eike
30 BOCK Max
31 BRENNER Mauro
32 FIETZKE Paul
33 LEIDERT Louis
34 PENNA Fausto Valentin

Netherlands
35 DIJKMAN Daan
36 GAL Ryan
37 HAVERDINGS David
38 SCHOONVELDE Gijs
39 VAN DEN EIJNDEN Guus
40 ZOMERMAAND Jurgen

Denmark
41 ANDERSEN Noah
42 BIEHL Kevin
43 EGHOLM Kristian
44 FRYDKJAER Patrick
45 LANDBO Mads
46 NIELSEN Emil

Slovakia
47 JAVOR Jakub
48 MICHALEC Sebastian
49 NOVÁK Samuel
50 RIŠKA Richard

Norway
51 DOLVEN Halvor
52 HAUGLAND Kasper
53 HØYDAHL Jonas Kind
54 MARTINSEN Georg Rydningen
55 MESSEL Kevin Andre Sandli

Ukraine
56 ANTONENKO Pavlo
57 CHYZHYKOV Heorhii
58 KOZORIZ Danylo
59 TESTSOV Yevhen

Serbia
60 DAVIDOV Igor
61 MARKOVIĆ Gavrilo
62 NIKAČEVIĆ Rastko
63 RAJOVIĆ Pavle

Hungary
64 FELDHOFFER Bálint
65 GRÓOSZ Gergő
66 KÁRPÁTI Bálint
67 PAKOT András Gusztáv
68 TÓTH Márkó
69 VAS Barnabás

Romania
70 CAMPEAN Catalin-Luca
71 CARBUNAREA Andrei
72 DORCU Ovidiu-Gabriel
73 PRECUP Horea-Stefan

Cyprus
74 ACHAS Christodoulos
75 ZABELINSKIY Bogdan

Türkiye
76 EMISCI Ferhat
77 TARAKCI Mustafa
78 TEKIRDAG Arda

Poland
79 ILSKI Szymon
80 JACKOWIAK Jan
81 LEWANDOWSKI Dawid
82 SURDYK Filip

Portugal
83 BAPTISTA Gabriel
84 BARBAS Rafael
85 CAMPOS Noah
86 LIMA Daniel
87 MOREIRA Daniel
88 RODRIGUES Rúben

Switzerland
89 BREITLER Jim
90 GINTER Nicolas
91 STEFANI Livio
92 ZUMSTEG Nicola
93 ZUMSTEIN Melk

Latvia
94 SKRAPCIS Olivers Jekabs

Greece
95 KOUSIS Georgios

Slovenia
96 MAROLT Jaka
97 PETERLIN Nejc
98 PETRIČ Bastian
99 PRITRŽNIK Jon
100 RAVBAR Anže
101 VALJAVEC Erazem

Luxembourg
102 ASTOLFI Flavio
103 KERRENS Alex
104 LANG Yannis
105 MORANG Mil

Israel
106 EDINGER Roei
107 PERETZ HERDEVALL Matar
108 RAMON Omer
109 TOBUL Yair

Bosnia Herzegovina
110 ĆEHAJIĆ Anes
111 DOBRIĆ Ivan

Finland
112 BORREMANS Kasper
113 PIRINEN Miko

Sweden
114 DE LUCA Teodor

Austria
115 FUGGER Heimo
116 HOLZKNECHT Jonas
117 POSCHACHER Valentin
118 VIEHBÖCK Paul

Croatia
119 GOJKOVIĆ Nicolas
120 LUKIĆ Leon
121 PERAN Ian

Albania
122 DE FABRITIIS Gabriele
123 KAMBERAJ Valentino
124 PIKU Leo

AIN
125 MISHANKOV Maksim

Andorra
126 FUENTES CAPORALI Enzo
127 MORA VIUDEZ Gerard
128 REGADA HIERRO Adrià

Bulgaria
129 KOSANOV Georgi
130 VAN DER MERWE Nicholas
131 ZLATEV Radostin 

Iceland
132 GUNNARSSON Breki
133 JÓNSSON Davíð
134 ÞORKELSSON Baldur

Montenegro
135 LUKOVIĆ Danilo
136 VUČKOVIĆ Jovan

North Macedonia
137 ILIJEVSKI Ivan

Belarus
138 BABOVICH Mikita

Moldova
139 NOVICOV Ilia