The Italian Spring Monument is coming, the NIPPO Vini Fantini is ready for the Milano-Sanremo. On the team car Mario Manzoni will be the Sports Director and also if he know very well the high level of race and competitors he is expecting a great race from all the 8 #OrangeBlue selected riders.
The expected leaders of the race will be the fast riders Eduard Grosu and Marco Canola, but as usual many other #OrangeBlue riders will try to anticipate some actions for a not conventional final part of the race.
The young sprinter Eduard Grosu, launched by the NIPPO Vini Fantini team is at his third year with the team. With 4 top 10 placements in this begin of 2017 season, 3 of them in World Tour races. The other leader will be Marco Canola, that is growing up his condition, with an attacking Abu Dhabi Tour and a good Tirreno-Adriatico, he will play his chance in the final part of the race. With them the young Italian talent Iuri Filosi, also coming from a good Tirreno-Adriatico with the good action made in the third stage, he will race his first Milano-Sanremo of the career. Same approach for the Japanese climber Hideto Nakane, best Asian rider of Le Tour de Langkawi and in action in the third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, he will be followed by all the Japanese fans.
To complete the line-up the other Japanese rider Kohei Uchima, the rider from Liguria Pierpaolo De Negri that on his Region roads could try an action, the ex Italian Championship winner Ivan Santaromita and the expert rider Alan Marangoni, in a very good condition after the Tirreno-Adriatico.
Mario Manzoni is expecting great concentration and determination from the 8 selected riders: “The level of this race is incredibly high, but I expect a full concentration and determination from the 8 selected riders. For us will be one of the most important races of the season, it won’t be easy, but we have to dream about it. In race I want to see 8 #OrangeBlue lions”.
“I believe that the line-up of this Milano-Sanremo is the reflection of our project." explains Francesco Pelosi the General Manager of the team. "The leaders of our race will be the young talents. Young talents as Eduard Grosu and Iuri Filosi, launched by our team, already winners in the Under23 category and Grosu also among PROs, are expected in the 2017 to their final growth. Young and winning talents as it is also Marco Canola. Our young talents will be supported by experienced riders as Ivan Santaromita, Pierpaolo De Negri, Alan Marangoni that will have the role to drive them to a good performance in Milano-Sanremo. Together with them two important Japanese riders, one of them (Hideto Nakane) winner of the Best Asian Jersey in 2017 Le Tour de Langkawi (2.HC race), that will be followed and supported by an entire nation in one of the most important Italian and World Tour competition."
Milano-Sanremo, the line-up:
Eduard Grosu, Marco Canola, Iuri Filosi, Hideto Nakane, Pierpaolo De Negri, Kohei Uchima, Ivan Santaromita, Pierpaolo De Negri, Alan Marangoni.
Direttore Sportivo: Mario Manzoni.