Italians to check out World's course

Paolo Bettini and Danilo Di Luca will lead an informal Italian team to check out the course of the upcoming World road championship in Salzburg, Austria, next week. On Tuesday, July 18, the two will go out with fellow Italians Vincenzo Nibali, Marco Pinotti and Tiziano Dall'Antonia to get a feel for the course. Their ride will be followed by a press conference at the Hotel Gmachl in Bergheim, Austria, at about 3 p.m.