The big Japanese event will start on Sunday 17th of May, the NIPPO Vini Fantini will have in the starting line-up Didier Chaparro, the climber from Colombia, Mattia Pozzo already part of the race in 2013, young talented Japanese riders Shiki Kuroeda and Genki Yamamoto, the young sprinter Nicolas Marini and Antonio Nibali.
The first professional italian-japanese cycling team, know riding in Giro d’Italia is preparing to the double calendar. The 17th of May the Tour of Japan will start. It is the other main tour of the month of May and of all the team season, very important for all the sponsor of the team. For this reason the NIPPO Vini Fantini will have to lead the line-up the climber from Colombia, Didier Chaparro, that will lead the team on the climbs of the Tour of Japan. With him Antonio Nibali, the young brother of the last Tour de France winner, that wants to demonstrate all his talent. With them the escape man Mattia Pozzo, alreadypart of the race in 2013. With them three young talents with lot of determination as Nicolas Marini, Shiki Kuroeda and Genki Yamamoto. These last two riders, will ride on their national streets will all their supporters.
Hiroshi Daimon, team manager and on the team car to lead the team in the Tour of Japan has studied all the stages: “We have important riders and a team that could compete in every stage. For the climbs Didier Chaparro will be our leader, but we also have a good escaper as Mattia and very good talents italian and japanese for the sprint.”
The General Manager Francesco Pelosi declared: “That is a very important moment for our team. The Chairman of NIPPO Corporation, Kazunori Mizushima is with us in these days following the Giro d’Italia. I really want to thank him for his visit, because he his near to the team and the riders in the most important moments of the season. We hope to honor his visit ridingin a good way both competitions. This is the best way for us and our partneto build a strong bridge between the two cultures associated by the passion for cycling.”