Six #OrangeBlue riders ready for the Tour of Norway, to honor at best looking forward to the important Tour of Japan. Daniele Colli and Pierpaolo De Negri the leaders, Nicolas Marini the fast rider, Antonio Nibali the possible surprise, Kuboki and Koishi from Japan, to be ready for their home-Tour.
Six riders of the NIPPO Vini Fantini team will be involved in the Tour of Norway from 18 to 22 of May. To lead them Shinichi Fukushima, the first Japanese DS to debut in a Great Tour few days ago in the first week of Giro d’Italia. Now he will be the Sports Director leading the team in the Tour of Norway, looking forward to the Tour of Japan.
To lead the team will be Daniele Colli, the charismatic leader of the Asian races of the team, last year winner of the Tour of China. The experience of Pierpaolo De Negri will be useful to the team in all stages, the young riders Antonio Nibali and Nicolas Marini are expected to do good things. Nicolas Marini was the most winning rider of the team in 2015, but he still have to win his first race in 2016. The Tour of Norway can be his great chance also looking forward to next Tour of Japan. To complete the roster the Japanese road champion Kazushighe Kuboki and the young Japanese talent Yuma Koishi.
At the start of the Tour of Norway there will be 3 World Tour teams, the national selection of Norway and many Professional teams, among them the NIPPO Vini Fantini, the only Italian team to participate.