After winning two stages at the Tour du Poitou-Charentes and a stage at the Tour of Britain, Matteo Trentin confirmed his good form by taking third in Coppa Bernocchi. The result earned him selection for the Italian Worlds team.

"Mamma mia, what an effort," he told Tuttobiciweb. "We were waiting for the sprinters to catch but we were at the end of a really tough race. Personally, although I was a little tired after my travel from England, I was very active. I joined the first break and then I was not good enogh to follow Nibali on the climb. Canola and Troia did a fantastic job to bring him back and I waited for the right moment to slip into the decisive action. Today Vincenzo today was the strongest and forced me to do the longest sprint in the world. I tried to be clever and I'm happy with this third place.2