A Week-end of Asian races for the NIPPO Vini Fantini team. On Sunday will take place the last stage of the Tour de Hokkaido in Japan and the first stage of the Tour of China. Eduard Grosu and Kazushige Kuboki the sprinters of the team for the Chinese race. A new chance for the two trainees Hiroki Nishimura and Damiano Cima. The Italian rider will be a PRO in #OrangeBlue in 2018 season.
The NIPPO Vini Fantini team will be in race from 10th to 24th of September in the long and intensive Tour of China, looking for important results and a team growth to be continued, both with European and Japanese riders. At the start-line Eduard Grosu, in this season already Time Trial National Champion for Romania and winner of a stage in the Sibiu Tour with the Romanian selection. Now it’s time for an “#OrangeBlue” victory for him after many important podiums in the current season. The other sprinter will be Kazushige Kuboki. To support them two important team workers as Kohei Uchima and Yuma Koishi. A new opportunity for Hiroki Nishimura and Damiano Cima, both yet trainee with the team in the month of August. For Damiano Cima the future is already official, he will be a PRO with the NIPPO Vini Fantini team in 2018 season, together with his brother Imerio Cima.
Nicolas Marini, that in 2016 reached a stage victory in the 5th stage of the Tour of China I, will not be part of the line-up, because of the injury occurred in Belgium at the end of August. Eduard Grosu and his teammates are ready to battle also for him to dedicate to the #OrangeBlue sprinter a good results.
Here the complete line-up:
Eduard Grosu, Kazushige Kuboki, Kohei Uchima, Yuma Koishi, Hiroki Nishimura, Damiano Cima.