This evening the NIPPO Vini Fantini team, will be on the stage of the Official Presentation and on Wednesday morning for the Abu Dhabi Tour. After the podium of the Tour of Oman, the team is looking for another podium in a stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour. 4 stages, 3 for sprinters. Live on Eurosport 1.
Abu Dhabi, 21st of February.
The NIPPO Vini Fantini team, after the podium of Eduard Grosu, the only of a Professional team in the Tour of Oman, is preparing to the 4 stages of the Abu Dhabi Tour, race organized by RCS Sport. The race will take place from 23 to 26 of February in Abu Dhabi, but this evening the team will be presented on the stage of the important competition that in 2017 will have 3 stages for sprinters and one stage of medium Mountain, on the 25th of February, with arrival in Jebel Hafeet.
8 #OrangeBlue riders selected for this race by the Sports Director Stefano Giuliani and Valerio Tebaldi. Eduard Grosu, the Romanian sprinter on the podium in Tour of Oman and growing up in conditions will be the fast rider of the team, together with Marco Canola.For the Medium Mountain stage the rider of the team will be Julian Arredondo together with Iuri Filosi, with Pierpaolo De Negri and Kazushige Kuboki as “jolly” for possible actions and supporting rider for the sprints. To complete the line-up the Japanese Yuma Koishi and the expert rider Alan Marangoni.
Stefano Giuliani: “We have concluded the Tour of Oman, growing up in condition, but her the leve is higher, will not be easy. We have two fast riders as Canola and Grosu for the sprints, a good Arredondo growing up, Marangoni as expert rider in race and Filosi with De Negri that can give fantasy to the team. The Japanese rider Kazushige Kuboki is riding well, he already did Oman. Finally Yuma Koishi has to improve his condition, this race will be important for him to grow up.”
Eduard Grosu: “I really want to give all I have in this race, to improve my second place of last Sunday, because I’m feeling good. I know that the level is very high, but I think that everything could happen, especially in the last stage, the one inside the track.”
The important goal of the Sports Directors Stefano Giuliani is very demanding, considering the World Tour start list of the Abu Dhabi Tour, organized by RCS Sport. In Europe, will be possibile to follow the live, starting from 12.15 pm Italian time, on Eurosport 1. Live updates also on official social media channels of the team.
Abu Dhabi Tour – the line-up:
Julian Arredondo, Marco Canola, Eduard Grosu, Kazushige Kuboki, Pierpaolo De Negri, Iuri Filosi, Alan Marangoni, Yuma Koishi.
DS: Stefano Giuliani & Valerio Tebaldi.