Alessandro Petacchi and Mario Cipollini will race against each other for the first time this season at the Giro della Provincia di Lucca on Monday, March 7. Both Italian sprinters will use the race to prepare for Tirreno-Adriatico and Milano-Sanremo, the most prestigious Italian one-day race.
"I am coming back to competition after a 21-day stop," said Cipollini, who has not been racing since the Tour Méditerranéen. "Despite the flu and the bad weather, I trained hard. The next two races will lead me up to my first goal in this season: Milano-Sanremo," he added.
