RCS Sport autumn monuments are back and the #OrangeBlue will participate with the line-up in the best condition to honor in the best way the invitation. Damiano Cunego, #OrangeBlue leader, this Sunday will come back to Il Lombardia that he have won 3 times.
Autumn monuments are back. The NIPPO Vini Fantini team will be involved in all the 3 great international races organized by RCS Sport. To honor as best as possibile this important invitations the team line-up will be always the most fitting with the race. Damiano Cunego will be the leader for all the 3 competitions, that will end on Sunday with “Il Lombardia”. The #OrangeBlue captain knows very well this race that have won in three edition (2004, 2007, 2008). Three victories, the same number of Bartali and Girardengo. But very important for the team will be also the other two previous races. On the 1st of October the Milano-Torino, the first monuments of the world, with the first edition that was in 1876, that this year will arrive in Superga as it was for the Italian Championship. On Friday the 2nd of October will be time for the Gran Piemonte, other important return in the RCS sport competitions.
The three line-up of the NIPPO Vini Fantini team:
Milano-Torino, 1st October:
Damiano Cunego, Giacomo Berlato, Eduard Grosu, Alessandro Bisolti,Alessandro Malaguti, Iuri Filosi, Antonio Nibali, Genki Yamamoto.
Sports Director: Stefano Giuliani
Gran Piemonte, 2nd October:
Damiano Cunego, Pierpaolo De Negri, Eduard Grosu, Giacomo Berlato, Didier Chaparro, Alessandro Malaguti, Antonio Nibali, Genki Yamamoto.
Sports Director: Stefano Giuliani
The only defection of the team will be Mattia Pozzo, injured, that should have been participating to the Gran Piemonte on his home roads.
Il Lombardia, 4th October:
Damiano Cunego, Pierpaolo De Negri, Eduard Grosu,Giacomo Berlato, Alessandro Bisolti, Didier Chaparro, Iuri Filosi, Genki Yamamoto.
Sports Director: Stefano Giuliani