The provisional entry lists are announced today for the two autumn classic cycling races, Milano-Torino and GranPiemonte. Part of the "trittico di autunno" – ‘the autumn triptych’ – their starting riders will come from 29 and 32 different countries, respectively, underlining the international importance of the events.
The Milano-Torino, the oldest classic race in the international calendar with its first edition raced in 1876 with the victory of Paolo Magretti, will be raced on Thursday 1 October starting from San Giuliano Milanese and finishing at the Basilica di Superga in Turin after 186km. Among the starters are champions such as the recent Vuelta a España winner, Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team), the winner of the last edition of Il Lombardia, the Irishman Daniel Martin (Team Cannondale - Garmin), the Australian Richie Porte (Team Sky) and the Polish Rafal Majka (Tinkoff - Saxo).
Friday 2 October will mark the return of the GranPiemonte, starting from San Francesco al Campo and finishing in Ciriè after 185km. At the start there will be many stage winners of the last edition of Giro d'Italia such as Sacha Modolo, Diego Ulissi and Jan Polanc (Lampre - Merida), Beñat Intxausti (Movistar Team), Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team), Davide Formolo (Team Cannondale - Garmin) and Elia Viviani (Team Sky), among many other cycling aces.
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