Wilier Triestina has produced a special colour scheme for the URTA SLRs ridden by the Wilier-Pirelli team European champions Simone Avondetto and Fabian Rabensteiner. Because winners are born but champions are made.

Two weeks after Rabensteiner’s victory, Simone Avondetto (silver medallist in Novi Sad in 2021) finally wins the European XCO in the under 23 category in Anadia, Portugal.

On 4 June 2022, in Emporia, Kansas, Ivar Slik achieved his goal for the season: To win the Unbound Gravel 200. At the end of 325 km, covered in mud from head to toe, he took the win in the final sprint.

Vincenzo Nibali has completed the last Giro d'Italia of his career. Everyone's admiration was felt especially during the mountain stages, where the champion cemented an all-important fourth place in the general classification.