Sixth place as a team and only Professional team in the top10 of the day. The thrilling and amazing first day of the new format created by Velon & Infront Sports & Media launched the NIPPO Vini Fantini among best teams of the first day. Iuri Filosi is in the right action of the day following the “scatenati” Betancur and Dumoulin and placing the NIPPO Vini Fantini team at the 6th place as a team.
Hammer Series – Day 1, Vaals.
The first day of the new race format has been a success. A success of TV, public, and emotions, with an amazing show for the public in Vaals, near Limburg. A location where the team this year already won with Marco Canola in April (the Volta Limburg). A location where today the team continue to surprise at the official debut in the Hammer Series, the first competitions that reward teams and not individual riders. Each of the 11 laps, of 7 km each, on a mixed road with 2 climbs, giving to all the 10 riders passing on the finish line points for their team. Points for the team and not for the single rider.
HAMMER RACE – THE HAMMER CLIMB.
The race exploded since from the very first begin, with the attack of the BMC and Quick-Step but the most important action has been made from riders escaping in the final part of the first lap. Among them 3 Movistar, as the brilliant Betancur, 2 Sun-Web among them Tom Dumoulin and the only rider from a Professional Team, Iuri Filosithat give battle until the end battling in many sprints/GPM and winning the n.6.
To explain the good strategy of the team is the Sports Director Mario Manzoni, today on the team car.
“Iuri Filosi made a great thing to be inside the right escape in a mixed circuit perfect for his characteristics as he have to do. The race started very fast and he has been ready. “
HAMMER CLIMB RANKING:
1. Movistar Team, 144.8 points, 15 bonus seconds
2. Team Sunweb, 98.9 points, 12 bonus seconds
3. Team Sky, 84.7 points, 10 bonus seconds
4. ORICA-SCOTT, 83.3 points, eight bonus seconds
5. BMC Racing, 75.2 points, six bonus seconds
6. NIPPO Vini Fantini, 53.6 points, five bonus seconds
7. Quick-Step Floors, 53 points, four bonus seconds
8. LottoNL-Jumbo, 27.7 points, three bonus seconds
9. Lotto Soudal, 23.7 points, two bonus seconds
10. Cannondale-Drapac, 2.3 points, one bonus second
TOUR DU LUXEMBOURG.
Not only Hammer Series, some km near also an amazing Tour de Luxembourg is going on with the victory in the second stage of Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) and in evidence Pierpaolo De Negri, from NIPPO Vini Fantini team reaching a very good 7th position in the stage.
TOUR DU LUXEMBOURG – Stage 2 ranking
1VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC Racing Team
2 DRUCKER Jean-Pierre BMC Racing Team
3 KAMP Alexander Team Velo Concept
4 BOUET Maxime Fortuneo – Vital Concept
5 DUIJN Huub Vérandas Willems – Crelan
6 KRIEGER Alexander – Leopard Pro Cycling
7 DE NEGRI Pier Paolo NIPPO – Vini Fantini