Ben Healy looks set to ride the Baby Giro this year after having won a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir last season.
The 19-year-old, who is the only road race rider to secure Sports Ireland funding for 2020, rode with Continental team Le Col Wiggins last year.
However, he has now decided to sign for Trinity Racing. It will compete as an international trade team based out of the UK; effectively racing one tier below Continental level.
The squad has been put together by Irish cycling agent Andrew McQuaid and will also feature Tom Pidcock.
Rising star Pidcock has already been competing in the colours of Trinity Racing on the cyclocross scene and recently won silver in the elite Worlds.
It has now been confirmed that Trinity Racing has secured an invite to the Baby Giro meaning Healy is all but assured a place in the race.
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Securing an invite, though not unexpected, is a big boost for Trinity Racing as it confirms the team should have its pick of races in the year ahead despite not being a Continental outfit.
If Cycling Ireland does not enter a national team in the Tour de l'Avenir, Healy should secure a place in that race on the UCI composite team, as he did last year when he took his stage win.
It means Healy, who is now going into his second year as an U23 rider, looks almost certain to ride both the Tour de l'Avenir and Baby Giro, thus giving himself every chance of moving on to the pro ranks in the years ahead.
Trinity Racing was confirmed today among 14 international teams that will ride the Baby Giro – from June 4th to 14th – with 17 Italian squads also invited.
The U23 stage race, regarded as one of the hardest in the world, has also extended an invitation to UK-based elite U23 team Zappi Racing, which counts Irish rider Mitchell McLaughlin among its ranks for 2020.
With Zappi Racing, now sponsored by Holdsworth, included in the field for the Italian stage race, McLaughlin has a chance of being selected.
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