4400 meters of difference in altitude, 241 km to ride. It will be one of the hardest “Il Lombardia” and the experience of Damiano Cunego, 3 times winner of this great monument of Italian cycling, will be very important. Official debut in the monument for the Japanese rider Yuma Koishi.
Como, September 30th.
The #OrangeBlue line-up, that tomorrow morning will be riding from Como to Bergamo “Il Lombardia”, is already training close to the city where Damiano Cunego won 3 times this monument race.
The leadership of Damiano Cunego for the Italian-Japanese team will be very important, to guide the youngest teammates in the 241 km with 4.400 meters of difference in altitude. 1.000 meters of difference between the 2014 and 2016 edition. More than 900 of difference with the last year edition. Rain is expected on the road and the monument will soon become an epic race.
The #OrangeBlue line-uo will be composed by Cunego, Grega Bole, Pierpaolo De Negri, that in 2015 edition went in the most important breakaway of the day and Gianfranco Zilioli, a climber that should be very helpful for Cunego during the race.
With them the young Iuri Filosi, Eduard Grosu and the two Japanese riders Genki Yamamoto and Yuma Koishi, that will make his debut in the Italian monument.
The complete line-up:
Damiano Cunego, Grega Bole, Pierpaolo De Negri, Gianfranco Zilioli, Iuri Filosi, Eduard Grosu, Genki Yamamoto, Yuma Koishi.
DS: Stefano Giuliani, Mario Manzoni.