Claudia Schuler at the start of the Para-Cycling World Championships

The capital of South Carolina, which has a population of 850.000, is the venue for the Para-Cycling World Championships up to and including September 1st, in which 45 nations are taking part.

Before the World Cup, the Italian team is in third place in the nations ranking, which is led by Germany, followed by the USA. The team coached by Mario Valentini has some top-class drivers at the start, such as ex-Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi, who won all three disciplines at last year's edition. South Tyrolean Cladia Schuler, who wants to improve on her two sixth places from the 2013 World Championships in Baie Comeau in Canada, is also on the hunt for medals.

The competitions open with the team relay (consisting of three handbikers). The individual races over 8,3 km are on the program on Friday and Saturday. First of all, cyclists with physical limitations have to overcome the route, which has slight inclines. Saturday will be all about the handbike athletes. The races on the 10,2km route, however, will take place next Sunday or Monday.

The Italian team in Greenville:

Pierpaolo Addesi (ASD Bike Inside Team)? Fabio Anobile (forestry sports group)? Roberto Bargna (Rampi Club Brianza)? Emanuele Bersini (Pol. Disabili Valcamonica)? Elia Botosso (forestry sports group)? Gianluca Fantoni (Baby Team Jaccobike Sassuolo)? Giorgio Farroni (forestry sports group)? Francesca Fenocchio (Sportabili Alba Onlus)? Fabrizio Macchi (forestry sports group)? Giancarlo Masini (ASD Giambenini Onlus)? Luca Mazzone (CCAniene)? Riccardo Panizza (Team Comobike ASD)? Michele Pittacolo (ASD Alè)? Ivano Pizzi (forestry sports group)? Luca Pizzi (forestry sports group)? Vittorio Podesta (Pod 202 ASD)? Andrea Pusateri (Fly Cycling Team)? Livio Raggino (Sportabili Alba Onlus Asd)? Claudia Schuler (sports group for physically disabled people in South Tyrol)? Andrea Tarlao (prison police sports group) Alessandro Zanardi (Circolo Canottieri Aniene)

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Claudia Schuler at the start of the Para-Cycling World Championships

This Thursday at 18:45 p.m. local time the starting signal will be fired for the Paralympic Cycling World Championships in Greenville, South Carolina (USA). Among the 21 “Azzurri” is the South Tyrolean Claudia Schuler.

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