The Italian champion of the XDS-Astana close to the return to group after the absence at the Giro d’Italia
Friday 13, the GP Kantons Aargau, from Sunday 15 to Sunday 22nd the Giro di Switzerland. The return to group for Alberto Bettiol, the 31-year-old tricolor of the XDS-Astana who suffered in the spring for a lung infection and who then skipped the Giro d’Italia is approaching. The last race for him was the 4 days of Dunkerque, from which he had retired to the fourth fraction on May 17th. For the rest, Bettiol’s second part of the season-who at the end of June will try to defend the Italian title on Sunday 29 June in Friuli-Venezia Giulia-is now defined: for him no tour de France and not even Vuelta, while in August he should play a round of Poland (from August 4) and Renewi Tour (from 20). As for the appointments with the national team, the Rwanda World Cup of 28 September – first historic time in Africa – has a path of almost 5,500 meters in altitude, too hard for him. If anything, depending on the condition he will have at that moment, Bettiol could come into play for the European Championship of a week later, in France.