Week-end of national championship, with the #OrangeBlue riders involved in three different races. Saturday the main appointment with the italian championship with 10 riders from NIPPO Vini Fantini, on Sunday the Japanese race with 3 riders of the team and also the National Championship of Romania with Eduard Grosu among best riders.
Saturday 27th of June will take place the Italian National Championship with 10 #OrangeBlue riders involved. A race that will be battled, with big that seems to be favorite by the last climb of Superga, but that could reserve many surprises.
To open the championship will be the time trial of Thursday, 24 of June, with Riccardo Stacchiotti that after the great performance of the Giro d’Italia and of the Tour of Slovenia is looking for confirmations. The italian group of the team is almost complete in the Saturday race. Daniele Colli and the captain Damiano Cunego will miss a race that seemed to be perfect for Damiano. Also with this two important defections the #orangeBlue line-up is wide and ready to animate the race.
ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP LINE-UP:
Wednesday 24 of June, time trial: Riccardo Stacchiotti
Saturday 27 of June, Italian championship: Pierpaolo De Negri, Giacomo Berlato, Mattia Pozzo, Alessandro Bisolti, Alessandro Malaguti, Nicolas Marini, Antonio Nibali, Iuri Filosi, Riccardo Stacchiotti, Antonio Viola.
JAPAN: Will be a full week-end of races for all the #orangeBlue riders involved in their national championship. Not only the italian one but also the Japanese, also very important for the itali-japanese NIPPO Vini Fantini team. To begin the championship have been Yamamoto and Ishibashi, already riding the national time trial last Sunday 21 of June and coming to the 6th and 9th position. They will try to improve their top ten performance this Sunday with the in line race with also Shiki Kuroeda.
Sunday 28th of June – Japanese Italian Championship: Genki Yamamoto, Manabu Ishibashi, Shiki Kuroeda.
ROMANIA: Sunday 28 is also the day of the Romanian National Championship. Eduard Grosu will be among favorite riders.
Stefano Giuliani, sports director of the team, will be on the team car in the italian championship: “I expected a very nervous and difficult race. In the starting line there are less riders than in usual races so it will be a difficult race to control. Also if the arrival in Superga it seems to be for the big riders, surprises can happen thanks to the part before the final circuit. It is a pity to not have with us Damiano Cunego, it would be a perfect arrival also for him, but also without our captain we will do our best to animate the race. I believe also that our riders in Japan can do very good things, as Eduard Grosu in Romania. There the victory is a concrete possibility for our riders also if it depends from many factors.”