Gioele Bertolini with the National Team in America Gioele Bertolini, coming out of a great European Championship, is already flown in Canada, and will participate in light-blue jersey in the two World Cup races scheduled in the Americas (Mont Sainte Anne - Windham).
Merida Italia Team staff can not be anything but happy for the opportunity that the coach of the Italian National MTB Team Hubert Pallhuber offered to the rider, who will be part of the group of athletes that will take part in two classic American races of the World Cup in August, with the Italian Team jersey. Gioele, as his transfer mates, will take part Sunday, August 2 at Mont Sainte Anne race, in Quebec, Canada, then moving in the state of New York (USA) in the following days, to compete in the race of Windham on August 9 . The news partially offsets the displeasure of the Team staff, that could not confirm the schedule made with all the athletes for this part of the season. The economical troubles of this moments and the leak of payments of some of the team's sponsors, has led to having to give up the participation of the whole Team at the American stages of the World Cup because of lack of funds, not allowing the athletes to replicate the work done last year.