7 #OrangeBlue riders selected for 7 stages of very high level in the World Tour competition starting from Lido di Camaiore and going to San Benedetto del Tronto. To the official start Damiano Cunego and Ivan Santaromita the climbers, Marco Canola, Nicola Bagioli, Simone Ponzi and Sho Hatsuyama the complete riders, Eduard Grosu the sprinter.
Tirreno-Adriatico 13-17/03/2018
From Lido di Camaiore, to San Benedetto del Tronto, from the Tirreno sea to the Adriatic sea, from a team time trial to an individual time trial, throughout mixed stages, sprinters stages and roads for climbers. The race of the two seas, with a big start-list, will be the next race of the NIPPO Vini Fantini Europa Ovini team, that will be in race with a line-up very motivated.
THE #ORANGEBLUE LINE-UP.
Damiano Cunego the champion, Marco Canola the leader, Ivan Santaromita the climber, Eduard Grosu the sprinter and cronoman, Nicola Bagioli the young Italian talent, Sho Hatsuyama the complete Japanese rider, Simone Ponzi the Italian experienced rider.
7 #OrangeBlue riders ready to battle during the two seas races stages, selected by Mario Manzoni and Alessandro Donati the Sports Directors on the team cars.
These the words of Mario Manzoni, looking forward to the race:
“Tirreno-Adriatico is a very important Italian race of the World Tour calendar so every stage will be a real challenge for us. But our line-up has a very good motivation coming from a very good race in Larciano. There will be room for each one of our riders. Eduard Grosu will be our main sprinter for sure for the 2nd and maybe for the 6th stage. Marco Canola and Nicola Bagioli are in a very good condition and could have an important role in stage 3. As climbers we have Ivan Santaromita, Damiano Cunego for the central stages and to help the team the experience of Simone Ponzi, while Sho Hatsuyama at his first Tirreno-Adriatico could learn a lot and be ready for some important breakaway.”
The NIPPO Vini Fantini Europa Ovini line-up:
Marco Canola, Damiano Cunego, Ivan Santaromita, Nicola Bagioli, Eduard Grosu, Sho Hatsuyama, Simone Ponzi.
RACE BROADCAST.
Easy to follow the race, that will be Broadcasted worldwide. In Europe the live will start at 2.00 pm on Eurosport. In Italy at the same time the broadcast will start on Raisport, and from 3.15 pm also on Rai3 (on Saturday on Rai2).