Great sprint and a perfect race of Shiki Kuoreda in the sixth stage of Tour de Korea, he is on the podium, he finished 2nd. In the daily top ten also two #OrangeBlue teammates: Antonio Viola, 7th and Nicolas Marini, 8th.
At Tour de Korea #OrangeBlue continue to be protagonists thanks to the sprints of Shiki Kuoreda. After two eighth places, conquered in the 4th and 5th stage, today, in the sixth one (Gangjin – Gunsan), Shiki Kuroeda is very closed to the success and gain his first podium of the season.
Despite the strong wind, the athlete of NIPPO Vini Fantini team makes a great performance. Today, the only one to arrive before him was the athlete of Drapac Professional Cycling, Wouter Wippert. For #OrangeBlue, a great performance also for the two other young sprinters of the Team, Antonio Viola and Nicolas Marini, who finished in seventh and eighth position.
For NIPPO Vini Fantini not only good placements: the #OrangeBlue athletes are in the upper positions of the overall classification. Indeed, after six stages, Genki Yamamoto is sixth, just 5” from the third step of the podium.
Hiroshi Daimon, leading the team in Korea, compliments to Kuroeda: "We ran really well, we are always present at the head of the race. It was a great performance by the whole team. Too bad for the escaped victory, but Shiki did a great sprint. We are confident, because the guys are good and because there are still two occasions to try to win".
Tomorrow the 7th stage: Gunsan – Daejun (145.8km).