The #OrangeBlue team in now in China for the long tour of Qinghai Lake that will start on Sunday the 5th of July until the 18th. Among NIPPO Vini Fantini riders the escape man Mattia Pozz, the sprinter Nicolas Marini and the three young Japanese talents ishibashi, Yamamoto and Kuroeda.
The NIPPO Vini Fantini team is taking great results in Romania to the Sibiu Tour, but with the double calendar of racing is also going in China for the Qinghai Lake Tour. It is an important ride in Asia that take place around the lake of Qinghai. With the NIPPO Vini Fantini team, from Italy will be there also the World Tour Lampre-Merida and the team Professional Southeast.
The #OrangeBlue will be ready to compete with a well balanced line-up. Here the complete list of riders:
Mattia Pozzo, Nicolas Marini, Manabu Ishibashi, Shiki Kuroeda, Genki Yamamoto, Alessandro Malaguti, Antonio Viola.
Mario Manzoni will lead the team on the team car: “The race will be hard and very long also in terms of transfers. We must not have frenzy searching the victory and be able to preserve energy for the most compatible stages for us. What is sure is that we wan to be an important team in that race.”