Wednesday 14 June will start the Tour de Korea, with the 2016 edition won by the NIPPO Vini Fantini team that this year have a strong motivation. Nicolas Marini will be the sprinter, supported by Kazushige Kuboki and Riccardo Stacchiotti. Pierpaolo De Negri will be the experienced rider of the team. Giacomo Berlato and Yuma Koishi the team-workers.
Tour de Korea, 14th to 18th of June.
The Tour de Korea is ready to start and the NIPPO Vini Fantini team is preparing the race with strong motivations coming from 2016 victory. In the 2017 some riders have changed in the team from last year, but not the ambitions, with a line-up build to compete both on stage victories and general ranking.
An international start-list is expected, from Italy the NIPPO Vini Fantini team and team Willier, from USA team Novo-Nordisk, from France team Delko-Marseille, from Australia the team Iso-Whey. To represent Japan not only the Japanese rider of the NIPPO Vini Fantini team, but also team Bridgestone, team UKYO and the Kinan Cycling Team.
The #OrangeBlue line-up will have as sprint leader the young Italian talent Nicolas Marini, supported by Riccardo Stacchiotti. Kazushige Kuboki will be the Japanese sprinter of the team, Pierpaolo De Negri the experienced rider both for stage and general ranking. To complete the line-up the escape-man Giacomo Berlato and Yuma Koishi.
To lead the team will be the Sports Director Valerio Tebaldi:
“The team is highly motivated for this race, after the 2016 victory. The road and the stages will be different, more suitable for sprinters and for this reason our line-up will have many fast riders as Nicolas Marini, Kazushige Kuboki and Riccardo Stacchiotti with also the experienced rider Pierpaolo De Negri. Our team-workers also for breakaways will be Giacomo Berlato and Yuma Koishi.”
The complete line-up:
Nicolas Marini, Pierpaolo De Negri, Kazushige Kuboki, Riccardo Stacchiotti, Yuma Koishi, Giacomo Berlato.