8 #OrangeBlue riders ready for 4 important stages in the Tour de Slovenie. The NIPPO Vini Fantini will start with Damiano Cunego and Ivan Santaromita as expert climbers, Marco Canola and Iuri Filosi as complete and fast riders. To the start also Nicola Bagioli, the climber Alessandro Bisolti and the two important team-workers Alan Marangoni and Kohei Uchima.
Tour de Slovenie, June 15th-18th.
8 #OrangeBlue riders ready for 4 stages of very high level, both technically and for the high level of competitors. For this reason the NIPPO Vini Fantini team is preparing the race with a strong line-up with riders in a good condition and motivation.
THE LINE-UP.
Damiano Cunego, Ivan Santaromita and Alessandro Bisolti, 3 experienced climbers, probably involved mostly in the third stage that will have the finish line at the end of a long climb of 13 km with a medium of 7,5%. The stage with the finish-line in Rogla will be probably the most important for the final general ranking.
The NIPPO Vini Fantini have a balanced team also to compete for a stage victory with Marco Canola as leader for the other 3 stages opened to attacks or final sprints. Mixed road that can be perfect also for Iuri Filosi, the young Italian talent winner in Lugano and doing great things in Hammer Series. To complete the line-up the neo-pro Nicola Bagioli and the two team-workers Alan Marangoni and Kohei Uchima.
THE SPORTS DIRECTOR.
Mario Manzoni, will lead the team in this important race: “We will try to honor the race in the best way as possibile. In the climb day especially with Cunego, Santaromita, Bisolti and our young talent Filosi. Marco Canola will be our leader for the sprint, while Bagioli and Kohei Uchima will be our breakaway riders. Alan Marangoni will have a strong role as team leader in many moments of the race, leading his young team-mates. The race will be for us also a very important test looking forward to a very important moment of our season, the National Championships.”
THE START-LIST.
Tour de Slovenie has an important start-list where the NIPPO Vini Fantini team will challenge against 5 World Tour Teams and many big names. Italy will be represented by NIPPO Vii Fantini team, but also by Androni Giocattoli and Willier Triestina – Selle Italia.
BROADCAST.
The race will be broadcasted all over Europe by Eurosport 2, everyday starting from 1.30 pm until the end of the stages, around 3.00 pm.
THE STAGES:
Stage 1 – Koper › Kocevje 159.4 km
Stage 2 – Ljubljana › Ljubljana 169.9 km
Stage 3 – Celje › Rogla 167.7 km
Stage 4 – Rogaska Slatina › Novo Mesto 160 km
The complete line-up:
Damiano Cunego, Marco Canola, Iuri Filosi, Ivan Santaromita, Alessandro Bisolti, Nicola Bagioli, Alan Marangoni, Kohei Uchima.
DS: Mario Manzoni.