Key days in Giro d’Italia, but the NIPPO Vini Fantiniteam is ready for another important race of the season, the Tour of Japan. At the start the Japanese champion Kazushige Kuboki and Yuma Koishi, leaded by two important and experienced riders as Daniele colli and Pierpaolo De Negri. The fast and young Nicolas Marini is looking for another stage victory in Tour of Japan.
6 #OrangeBlue riders ready to ride in Japan this Sunday. The last day of the Giro d’Italia will be also the first one of the Tour of Japan, key race of the team calendar, where the team will participate with a very important line-up.
At the start the sprinter Daniele Colli, but also the enfant prodige of the sprint, Nicolas Marini, that last year won a stage of the Tour of Japan 2015. With them the experience rider Pierpaolo De Negri, that will give determination and important help to support also the young Japanese riders Kuboki and Koishi. For hardest stages also Antonio Nibali, the young brother of Vincenzo riding in Giro d’Italia in these days. Antonio will try to surprise on Japanese roads.
On the team car the Sports Director & Japanese Team Manager Hiroshi Daimon, that already drive the team in 2015 Tour of Japan with the stage victory of Nicolas Marini.
Also the General Manager Francesco Pelosi will join the team at the end of the Giro d’Italia, to follow all the riders in this important event: “For us this is a very special race of the calendar, is our home race as Giro d’Italia it is. We had the honor to welcome the managers of NIPPO, Eneos and IRC in Giro d’Italia but now we really want to honor the Japanese competition with a strong line-up, that want and must do great things. I will join the team to be near to our riders in last stages of the Tour of Japan."
Line-up: Daniele Colli, Pierpaolo De Negri, Kazushige Kuboki, Yuma Koishi, Nicolas Marini, Antonio Nibali.