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.
From the 6th to the 8th of September the #OrangeBlue riders will be involved in the Tour de Hokkaido, the Japanese competition that in 2018 did not take place due to the terrible earthquake that struck the region just in the days before the race. Home race for the Italian-Japanese team that has always played a leading role in this race, with 4 stage victories and several jerseys from the general leader to the points leader in the last 4 disputed editions.
The line-up of the NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè team will be as usual international and the right mix between experience and youth. At the start the Japanese riders Sho Hatsuyama and Masakazu Ito, the Spanish Juan Josè Lobato and Joan Bou and the young Italian climber Filippo Zaccanti.
Juan Josè Lobato will be the fast training wheel supported by Sho Hatsuyama, with Zaccanti, Ito and Bou excellent climbers. The DS will be Hiroshi Daimon on the team car.
The complete line-up:
Sho Hatsuyama, Juan Josè Lobato, Masakazu Ito, Joan Bou, Filippo Zaccanti.