In Australia the leaders will be Damiano Cunego and the Japanese National Champion Kuboki. In Argentina Grega Bole and Eduard Grosu. It starts with a double calendar the NIPPO Vini Fantini new season.
Hotel Dragonara, San Giovanni Teatino. The NIPPO Vini Fantini is preparing first departures from the training camp looking forward to the official sports debut.
The first riders to leave the training camp will be the group of the Tour of San Luis in Argentina, where the team will do his official debut as in the 2015. Leaders will be the new arrival Grega Bole and Eduard Grosu, with the important support ofPierpaolo De Negri, last year winner of one stage in Slovenia, and Riccardo Stacchiotti, one of the best young surprises of the 2015 in the team. To complete the roster Antonio Nibali and the young Japanese talent Genki Yamamoto.
To lead them on the team car the DS Stefano Giuliani.
The news of the 2016, for a team that is growing and consolidating as Professional Team with International consideration, is the Cadel Evans Great Oceans Raceinvitation (together with the Herald Sun Tour always in Australia), where the NIPPO Vini Fantini will join a large number of World Tour teams. To represent the team in Australia will be the Captain Damiano Cunego, supported by the couple of japanese Champions, Kazushige Kuboki, Japanese national champion and Yuma Koishi, Asian Champion Under23, at their first race with the #OrangeBlue jersey. The fast riders of the team will be Nicolas Marini, “enfant prodige” of the speed, with 4 stage victories at his Professional debut in 2015 and Daniele Colli. There also Giacomo Berlato, the young Italian escape man. On the team car the Italian-Japanese leadership of Mario Manzoni and Shinichi Fukushima.
Tour de San Luis – 18-24 of January, line-up:
Grega Bole, Eduard Grosu, Pierpaolo De Negri, Riccardo Stacchiotti, Genki Yamamoto, Antonio Nibali.
DS Stefano Giuliani
Cadel Evans Oceans Race – 31 of January, line-up
Damiano Cunego, Kazushige Kuboki, Yuma Koishi, Daniele Colli, Nicolas Marini, Giacomo Berlato.
DS Mario Manzoni, Shinichi Fukushima.