Enthusiasm, convivial time spent together as for the dinner to the Parco dei Ciliegi and the morning running of riders and staff are the first moments of this 2016 season of the NIPPO Vini Fantini team. Two days to prepare the season also from a physic, athletic and strategic point of view.
Zola Predosa, 19 and 20 November. First training camp for the NIPPO Vini Fantini team to the Hotel Continental. In this first meeting of the team 13 among 17 riders are already there and among them the captain, Damiano Cunego, the leader Daniele Colli and the new arrivals of great quality Gianfranco Zilioli and Grega Bole.
The training camp has started with the official welcome of the General Manager Francesco Pelosi and Sports Directors Stefano Giuliani and Mario Manzoni that have presented possibile calendar and main goals of the season of the NIPPO Vini Fantini and it was closed with the important meeting about internal regulations builded for a total transparency and openness to the public. For the second year all riders will publish their ADAMS screen-shot data on the official website of the team.
During this first two days many convivial moments, the running all together staff and athletes and many physical tests to set the whole season.
With the team, as will be for the entire season the University of Chieti sports division managed by Doctor Ripari, the Alto Sangro Laboratory of doctor Cocco, the FK team of Riccardo Contigliani and the sports trainer Gianni Tendola. In the first day all test has been coordinated by Gianni Tendola helped by Luca Giannetti. Riders have been doing test of the way to pedal to measure strength, agility and to verify position on the bike. Results of this test will be shared with the other one done by FK Team to match results and work to improve riders performance since from the first training camp of December.
The FK team co-ordinated by Riccardo Contigliani helped by his staff (Tommaso Mazzini, Davide Terzi and Stefano Nicoletti) has been testing all riders for the entire second day of training. Four steps of visits for all #OrangeBlue riders: Osteopathic visit, evaluation of riding disfunctions, videography and static analysis and dynamic of walking. This is not a simple analysis of biomechanic, but is an Osteopathic working to correct disfunctions due to falls or other trauma. The collection of all datas will be used by the FK team and the sports trainer to produce a general scheme useful for all the season.
Promises, goals and desire of team and riders will be soon discovered on the bike, with the seasona debut in Tour de San Luis in Argentina, next January and first in next training camps.
Next meeting the 9th of December in Abruzzo. #OrangeBlue are ready to start a great 2016.