Coppa Bernocchi and Coppa Agostoni will open the September Italian Calendar of races of the NIPPO Vini Fantini team. Damiano Cunego and Grega Bole the leaders, Eduard Grosu ready for the sprint and Pierpaolo De Negri in a great condition after the Asian races.
14 and 15 of September, the first 2 races of the 15 days of full Italian calendar for the team. After the Tour de Hokkaido at while Tour of China is on going, the #OrangeBlue team is back on the Italian roads, beginning from the Legnano roads of Coppa Bernocchi of next 14th of October.
The team will be leaded by Damiano Cunego and the Slovenian rider Grega Bole, but attention to Eduard Grosu, very motivated in case of sprint and to Pierpaolo De Negri, in a good condition after the Blue Jersey of Tour de Hokkaido and the stage victory. With them the young Japanese rider Yuma Koishi and the Italians Iuri Filosi, Giacomo Berlato and Gianfranco Zilioli.
To lead the team the Sports Directors Mario Manzoni: “These two races opens the 15 Italian days of great cycling. All teams will be very motivated to do great things, we want too, for first racing with the right attitude to put us in the right place in the right moment to trying to reach the victory. From the riders I expect first of all the right team attitude, that together the good training we made in August can give us the opportunity to reach the result.”
The complete line-up for Coppa Bernocchi e Coppa Agostoni:
Damiano Cunego, Grega Bole, Eduard Grosu, Pierpaolo De Negri, Yuma Koishi, Giacomo Berlato, Iuri Filosi, Gianfranco Zilioli.