“Something that went beyond my expectations” - Alberto Bettiol reveals plans for 2025

Alberto Bettiol has made his ambitions for next season clear, he wants to return to his home race at the Giro d’Italia. The 31 year old all rounded, who joined Astana Qazaqstan Team mid way through this year.

Bettiol won the Giglio d'Oro prize as the best Italian rider of the year, after he won the national championships and Milan-Turin. Speaking after being given the award, Bettiol said, ''I'm thinking of doing the Giro d'Italia because I haven't been there for a couple of years now.

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"Honestly, the chance to wear the tricolore (national jersey) at the Giro is an even bigger incentive.” The race starts in Tuscany, where Bettiol is from, giving him even more incentive to pick up his first Giro win since 2021, where he won a 200km stage in Stradella.

"To win it as a Tuscan rider, on a Tuscan circuit, was beautiful. Something that went beyond my expectations," he said

"And then another of those unique things, a dream, something that will never happen again, was also having the Grand Depart of the Tour de France a few steps from where I was born, from my home, and among so many fans. It was truly a great year, I hope to make more and more great ones."

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