There will be no Italian Championships for Giovanni Visconti . He announced via Twitter that he is "a little sad" to miss the race but he needs "to take a break to be ready for the second part of the season.

Being a three-time winner (2007, 2010, 2011) and second in 2008, the Sicilian has often made ​​the appointment one of the highlights of the season, but this year he has already raced a lot in the first half of the season, culminating at the Giro d'Italia where he won the blue mountains jersey and finished 18th.