The first official race after the Giro d’Italia and the Tour of Japan, for the #OrangeBlue riders will be the Tour de Korea, that will take place from the 7th to the 14th of June. For the Asian competition have been selected best riders of the Tour of Japan and some of the less tired riders after the hard month of Japan.
After the two great races of May with the Fair Play prize in the Giro d’Italia and a victory and 2 days with the GPM Jersey in the Tour of Japan, the #OrangeBlue team is ready for the Tour de Korea.
On the team car Hiroshi Daimon, that together with sports directors Stefano Giuliani and Mario Manzoni has selected six riders looking to the performance of the Tour of Japan and the Giro d’Italia and the condition of all riders after the hard month of May.
Didier Chaparro will be the climber of the team supported by the young talent Manabu Ishibashi. For the sprint Nicolas Marini will be the #OrangeBlue leader, the young italian talent has already won in the Tour of Japan and in the Japanese opening criterium in the month of May. Here the complete line-up:
Didier Chaparro, Manabu Ishibashi, Nicolas Marini, Shiki Kuroeda, Genki Yamamoto, Antonio Viola.
Orica GreenEdge, Drapac e Tem Novo Nordisk are the other World Tour and Professional teams that will participate in the Tour de Korea.
The team, in the double calendar idea, will ride also the Tour of Slovenia from the 18-21 of June. Official line-up will follow in next days.