Strade Bianche and Gp Industria & Artigianato, are planned for Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of March. The big start of a month full of wonderful Italian races. Juan Josè Lobato, Eduardo Grosu and Simone Ponzi will lead the team in the race of Siena. Marco Canola, Damiano Cunego and Ivan Santaromita together with Nicola Bagioli will battle for the victory and points for the Ciclismo Cup on Sunday. Both races will be broadcasted live by the Italian Television Rai.
A week-end of Italian races for the NIPPO Vini Fantini Europa Ovini team. On Saturday an #OrangeBlue line-up will be involved in the important race organized by RCS Sport, the Strade Bianche. On Sunday an important race of the Ciclismo Cup will take place with the edition n.41 of GP Industria & Artigianato. Two line-up chosen by the Sports Directors of team based on the road of each race and on the different goals to reach.
GP INDUSTRIA & ARTIGIANATO, THE LINE-UP.
The #OrangeBlue leader Marco Canola will be the captain of the team in the second race of the Ciclismo Cup. Together with him the experience of Damiano Cunego, Juan Josè Lobato, Simone Ponzi and Ivan Santaromita, with the young talent of Marco Tizza and Nicola Bagioli, one of the riders with the best condition among #OrangeBlue.
The complete line-up: Marco Canola, Damiano Cunego, Simone Ponzi, Juan José Lobato, Nicola Bagioli, Ivan Santaromita e Marco Tizza.
DS: Mario Manzoni
THE DECLARATION.
The #OrangeBlue Sports Director in these two important races will be Mario Manzoni. Here his words looking forward to this week-end of big competitions: “We are going to approach two very important races. Yesterday we announced our line-up for Strade Bianche, but The GP Industria & Artigianato of Larciano will be also very important for us, because it is a race valid for the Ciclismo Cup 2018. We will approach this race with our leader Marco Canola and with the determination and good condition of Ivan Santaromita and Nicola Bagioli. The experience of Cunego, Ponzi and Lobato will be also very important, together with the big determination of Marco Tizza. Together as a team we can reach a good result.”
BROADCAST.
On Sunday 4th of March in Larciano the race will be broadcasted live by Raisport starting from 2.30 pm.