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1825 days of #OrangeBlue team, with race days in 4 continents and 26 countries.

47 victories and a success per stage at the Giro d’Italia. A Fair Play reward and 0 case of doping thanks to a strong Code of Ethics.

From the most important Italian race to the far away Japan, 835 racing days lived professionally with a concrete opening to the fans, the TV camera and the whole world to tell the story of the most beautiful sport of the world.

Here we are to re-experience 5 sportive seasons, full of important results and endless emotions.

The Coppa Bernocchi ends in a sprint, with the young Italian sprinter Imerio Cima good at reaching the third position on the podium. Top10 also for Giovanni Lonardi, with Marco Canola protagonist of an action that animated the final race.

The NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè won the first stage of the Tour de Hokkaido with Filippo Zaccanti. As in the last 4 editions of the race, the #OrangeBlue team is among the main team in the race for results. This is the second success of Filippo Zaccanti in this season and the victory number six for the team.

Japan, Belgium, France and Italy, the team will be in race in 4 countries in the month of September taking part to 9 competitions. To open the competitions will be the Tour de Hokkaido in Japan. To the start for the NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè the Japanese rider Sho Hatsuyama and Masakazu Ito, the Spanish Juan Josè Lobato and Joan Bou and the Italian Filippo Zaccanti.

Appointment on the French roads for the NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè team. From 21 to 24 August 7 #OrangeBlue riders will be ride at the Tour du Limousin, chasing success after the excellent results achieved on the tour last season.

Tour of Utah (12-18 August), Vuelta a Burgos (13-17 August) and Czech Cycling Tour (15-18 August). 3 international appointments open the second part of the season for the #OrangeBlue team. 15 riders engaged in the hunt for successes to which they are added the Italian stagiaire Filippo Fiorelli, and the two Japanese stagiaire Masahiro Ishigami and Keigo Kusaba.

6 #OrangeBlue riders will be at the start of the Italian competition composed by 5 stages. At the start a well balanced line-up with Marco Canola, Juan Josè Lobato and Giovanni Lonardi for the fast stages and Ivan Santaromita, Filippo Zaccanti and Joan Bou for the uphill finish-line.

First podium in the Tour of Qinghai Lake for the young #OrangeBlue sprinter who takes the second place of the day in the sprint, in the sixth stage of the thirteen total of the Chinese race.

While in China the Tour of Qinghai Lake is on going, this Sunday in Japan on the 21st of July will take place the test event of Tokyo 2020. To the race many National Selections, but also teams such as the NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè with Hideto Nakane, Sho Hatsuyama, Filippo Zaccanti and Joan Bou.

The NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè team is ready to be back in race. Looking forward to the Italian race of July, the Adriatica Ionica, there are 6 #OrangeBlue riders ready to start their race in China. From 14th to 27 of July the #OrangeBlue riders will be racing the Tour of Qinghai Lake.

6 #OrangeBlue riders are ready to ride from this Wednesday 19th of June the Tour of Slovenia. 5 stages with opportunities both for sprinters and climbers, in preparation of the Italian Championship of the upcoming week.

The NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè team has chosen to take advantage of the collaboration of Dr. Erica Lombardi, a dietitian with experience in professional sports, to follow every detail of nutrition during the Giro d’Italia. Scientific method, attention to detail and constant monitoring, that’s how nutrition can make the difference during a Great Tour.

Two competitions this week awaits the #OrangeBlue riders. Thursday 13th of June the one day race in Switzerland where Canola was on the final podium in 2018, from Wednesday to Sunday the Asian race that will be the n.4 of the Asia Tour in the 2019 calendar. The team in 2016 won the general ranking of this competition with Grega Bole.

1,287 km of official breakaway, 4 top10 placement, a wonderful success, the first place of Damiano Cima in the breakaway ranking and the podium of Damiano Cima in the Ciclamino jersey special ranking. The numbers do not tell the whole story of the team in Giro d’Italia but they help to provide a first clear contest of what happened in the Pink Ride.

With an excellent Giro d’Italia closed, crowned by a great victory by Damiano Cima, the #OrangeBlue are now ready to face a double European race. From 7 to 9 June the Hammer Series, Sunday 9 June the Lugano GP.

Rewarded in the incredibile Arena of Verona. Damiano Cima raises the trophy as the rider with more km rode in front of the group. For him, in addition to the incredible victory of stage 18, he also reached the third place in the points classification.

172 km of breakaway, almost 1000 km rode in front of the group in the Giro to win a stage in Giro d’Italia. A victory achieved with grit, determination, but also a lot of lucidity in the final meters despite the fatigue. “A victory for the whole team, the DS and the teammates, a victory that we wanted strongly and achieved all together fighting every day together to achieve this result.”

A special jersey is ready to debut this Thursday evening at 9.30 on RaiSport, during the official team presentation of the Giro d’Italia 2019. A new special edition designed by Santini Cycling Wear for the NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè team for the Giro d’Italia n.102 and the Tour of Japan. A white design, with #OrangeBlue inserts, perfectly matched with the De Rosa team edition bike.

Giro d’Italia n.102, the Italian-Japanese line-up is back. Marco Canola the leader, Juan Josè Lobato the finisseur for the short climb sprint, Nicola Bagioli and Sho Hatsuyama the escape-man, Ivan Santaromita the climber, Giovanni Lonardi the young sprinter, Damiano Cima and Hiroki Nishimura team-worker. This is the #OrangeBlue line-up ready to ride Giro.

Last official races before the two most important competitions of the season for the team with the Giro d’Italia and The Tour of Japan. On Sunday 7 #OrangeBlue riders will be ready to start the Giro dell’Appennino.

The NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè was ready for a double race. Last news is that the Tour of Croatia has been deleted so the team will be involved only in Tour of The Alps starting from Monday 22nd in Trentino.

7 #OrangeBlue riders will take part to the prestigious World Tour competition in Turkey, with a line-up composed by sprinters and climbers to be competitive in all the 6 stages of the Tour of Turkey.

In the last stage of the Tour of Thailand a second and third place for 2 #OrangeBlue riders, Giovanni Lonardi and Imerio Cima. Thanks to the very good placement reached during all the Tour, Giovanni Lonardi is the official point ranking leader of the Tour of Thailand.

Another bad news coming from Sicily. Today Filippo Zaccanti falls down in the very first begin of the stage. Broken collarbone for him during the third stage of the Giro di Sicilia. For him second seasonal injury after the broken hand in the Trofeo Laigueglia.

Second stage of the Giro di Sicilia particularly unlucky for the #OrangeBlue riders, with 3 crashes that affected the performance of Alejandro Osorio, Damiano Cima, but especially of the Spanish Joan Bou forced to retire due to a bad calf injury caused by the fall against the road guard rail. For him at least 3 weeks of absolute rest are expected before the resumption of sporting activity.

Giovanni Lonardi is again on podium, the n.6 of the season and maintains in this way the leader jersey of the Tour of Thailand.

Second success of Giovanni Lonardi among pros. He begins the Tour of Thailand in the same way he closed the Tour de Taiwan, winning the stage. The #OrangeBlue riders was able to reach the best result thanks to a big work of all his teammates.

Thanks to RCS Sport and the Region of Sicily the big cycling is back the wonderful Italian region. 4 stages in which the 7 #OrangeBlue riders will try to leave the sign. 4 climbers, the Japanese Hideto Nakane, the Colombian riders Alejandro Osorio, the Italian Filippo Zaccanti and the Spanish rider Joan Bou. 3 riders for the mixed stages such as Moreno Moser, Damiano Cima and Sho Hatsuyama.

While in Italy the team is riding the Coppi & Bartali, 6 #OrangeBlue riders are preparing the next Asian race. From 1st to 6th of April the team will be in race in the Tour of Thailand.

Seven riders for 5 days of race. Marco Canola and Nicola Bagioli the leaders in the mixed stages, Damiano Cima the fast wheel, Alejandro Osorio at his European first race with the team, Filippo Zaccanti and Ivan Santaromita returning from injuries and Joan Bou ready to support his teammates.

Giovanni Lonardi wins the fifth and last stage of the Tour de Taiwan, on the podium event the Japanese teammates Hayato Yoshida. 6 races among PROs, 5 podiums, one victory, this is the score of the young Italian sprinter that gives to the NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè team the first seasonal success. On the final stage podium also Hayato Yoshida with a very good third place. The #OrangeBlue have been awarded also as the Best team in the competition.

Third place in the third stage of the Tour de Taiwan and jersey of leader of the general classification achieved for the young sprinter #OrangeBlue in his first year among the professionals. Giovanni Lonardi, at his fifth podium of the season, will race the next races with the aim of achieving victory and honoring the yellow jersey.

Sunday of great sport for the NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè team that collected 2 top10 and one podium. Very good podium reached by Nicola Bagioli, final 3rd in Ronde Van Drenthe where also Marco Canola reached the top10 with a final 9th place. Today in the first stage of the Tour de Taiwan final 8th place of Giovanni Lonardi.

On Sunday #OrangeBlue riders will be back on saddle with the double European and Asian race. From 17 to 21 March the Tour de Taiwan with the “Asian debut” with the #OrangeBlue jersey for Moreno Moser. Sunday the team will race in The Netherlands for the Ronde Va Drenthe, on Wednesday 20 in Belgium for the Nokere Koerse.