The revelation of this year’s Giro d’Italia, Bardiani-CSF, will line-up at the start of Il Lombardia with an impressive roster, ready to cause a major upset once again this season.

Winners of two out of three stages taken by Bardiani riders in the 2014 edition of the Italian three-week event, Enrico Battaglin and Stefano Pirazzi, will take the start, along with in-form Edoardo Zardini and Manuel Bongiorno.

Sports director of the Italian Pro Continental squad, Roberto Reverberi, believes that a strong roster will allow them to animate the action on the new, demanding course of the “race of the falling leaves” and he doesn’t rule out upsetting main favorites in season’s last monument on Sunday.

“It will be a really demanding race, where as usual we’ll give it our all,” said directeur sportif Roberto Reverberi. “Bongiorno, Zardini and why not Battaglin, if there aren’t too many attacks on the climbs, they have the talent and shape to shine. First of all the two climbers have a great possibility and we trust on their chance. This year we’ve always made an outstanding performance in all WorldTour events where we took the start, so we aim to repeat and close in the best way this season.”

Bardiani-CSF roster for Il Lombardia consists of:

Enrico Battaglin, Enrico Barbin, Edoardo Zardini, Francesco Bongiorno, Stefano Locatelli, Angelo Pagani and Stefano Pirazzi.