The NIPPO Vini Fantini team, in the important Asian race, reach a very good final result with 3 stage victories, 1 special jersey, as point ranking leader, 2 top ten in the general ranking and a stage podium. Results that have been possibile thanks to a great team-work, with the special support of an amazing Japanese public, always very kind supporting the team in each stage.
Tour of Japan.
The team is coming back home from the Asian race where reached a very good result.
A great team-work gives to the team 3 stage victories, 1 special jersey as point ranking leader, 2 riders in the final top ten and a stage podium.
THE RESULTS.
The most awarded riders, among #OrangeBlue cyclists has been Marco Canola, also one of the most winning Italian riders in this 2017 first part of season.
3 stage victories: In Kyoto (2nd stage), Inabe (3rd stage) and Shinshu (5th stage). Mostly thanks to these 3 victories, together with the podium (7th stage) and two 5th places gives him the leadership in the special point ranking and the final victory of the blue jersey.
A very good race in Tour of Japan for all the team certified also by the double top ten of Marco Canola (8°) and Ivan Santaromita (10°), with also the 16° place of Hideto Nakane, among best Japanese riders in the race.
Results that concludes a great month of May, full of results for the team with also the important victory of Iuri Filosi in GP of Lugano (race of 1.HC category).
Tour of Japan – team results:
3 stage victories – Marco Canola
1 final jersey – point ranking – Marco Canola
1 podium – Marco Canola
2 Top Ten – Marco Canola and Ivan Santaromita.
THE TEAM.
The team is stronger at the end of this incredibile Tour of Japan, both from an athletic and a motivational point of view, thanks to the results, the team-work made to join them and the incredible support of all the Japanese fans received in every stage.
The whole team worked together to reach these results.
UPCOMING RACES.
With this strong motivation the team will race in two important races of his calendar, the Tour of Luxembourg (30 May – 4 June) and the official debut of the Hammer Series, the brand new format of races that was born thanks to the collaboration between Velon and Infront Sports & Media, where to win will not be the single rider, but a team, thanks to the points collected by all these riders in 3 days of racing. The NIPPO Vini Fantini team is one of the first Professional teams invited to this new race format, and the only Italian team participating at the inaugural event.