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Fast wheels for Lampre ISD in Down Under Classic

December 9, 2011, 4:09pm

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Fast wheels for Lampre-ISD in Down Under Classic (15 January) and Santos Tour Down Under (17-22 January).

The Italian team, in fact, has selected all the fastest riders of its roster in order to perform a sprint start of 2012 season: in Australia there will be Alessandro Petacchi, Grega Bole, Danilo Hondo, Davide Cimolai, Massimo Graziato, Davide Viganò and the Aussie Matthew Lloyd.

The captain of the team will be Alessandro Petacchi (photo), 180 victories in career (including stages in all the three Great Tours and one Milano-Sanremo), who introduce using these words his Australian experience and his team mates: “The team staff suggested me to start the season in Australia: I thought about this chance for a while and then I accepted: I’m sure it will be a good experience, that will allow me to improve the
feeling with my team mates. In fact, in addition to Bole and Hondo that were in the team in 2011 too, in blue-fucsia jersey there will be also new entries such Cimolai, Graziato and Viganò, riders that could be very important for my sprints. And don’t forget Lloyd, who’ll be our guide in Australia. I hope Santos Tour Down Under will be a positive start of a course that will bring me to Milano-Sanremo arrival”.

Lampre-ISD’s sport director will be Bruno Vicino, who’ll be supported by the technical director Roberto Damiani. Vicino thinks that: “Santos Tour Down under is the best way to coordinate the mechanism of the train that will support Petacchi in the sprint. The trainings and the reharsals we’ll perform in Australia will be very important for all the rest of the season. For what concerns the results, we’ll rely on Petacchi but not only, since Grega Bole is a top rider who’s willing to start is 2012 in a winning way. In addition, we’re very happy that in Lampre-ISD there will be Matthew Lloyd too, our first Aussie cylist ever: he’ll soon begin a top athlete of the team and, thanks to him, Lampre-ISD maybe we’ll have many Australian fans”.

Tags: Lampre ISD, Down Under Classic
Read more | Comments (0) | Updated on December 9, 2011, 4:11pm

Richie Porte joins team Sky for 2012 season

September 7, 2011, 4:49pm

Team Sky is delighted to announce Richie Porte as the latest signing for the 2012 riche porte season.

The 26-year-old Australian is one of cycling’s brightest talents and has enjoyed a meteoric rise since taking up the sport competitively in 2006. After learning the ropes with the Praties and Monsummanese Grassi Mapei teams, Porte was signed by Saxo Bank in 2010.

His maiden victory came just a few months into the 2010 season on the time trial stage at the Tour de Romandie, and Porte then rose to worldwide prominence with an incredible debut ride at the Giro d’Italia. Not only did he hold the race leader’s Maglia Rosa between stages 11-13, Porte also secured seventh place overall and won the young rider’s classification by a seven-minute margin.

With the arrival of Alberto Contador at Saxo Bank-Sungard in 2011, Porte assumed the role of loyal domestique and was handpicked to support the Spaniard at this year’s Giro and Tour de France.

Elsewhere, the Tasmanian continued to take his chances wherever he could and earned himself podium positions on time trials at Paris-Nice, Castilla y Leon and the Tour de Romandie before claiming a hard-fought victory against the clock at the Tour of Denmark.

Richie Porte said:

“I'm really happy to have signed for Team Sky and cannot wait to see what next season will bring. Ever since the launch of the team I've been really impressed with the way they go about their business and it'll be nice to be able to experience that first-hand now. For riders like myself who are always looking to develop and improve, I don't think there's a better place to be - the coaching set up is absolutely top-notch and the way they look after their riders is also second to none.”

“I had two great years at Saxo Bank-Sungard, and will be forever grateful to them for giving me my chance in the professional ranks, but am looking forward to opening this next chapter of my career now and hopefully taking things to another level.”

“I'll be targeting the week-long stage races initially, although it would be nice in the future to lead the team in a Grand Tour. My time trialling is another area I want to focus on, and having guys in the team like Bradley Wiggins and Michael Rogers will help me no end and I'll be looking to learn as much as I can from them.”

Dave Brailsford, Team Sky Principal, said:

“In Richie Porte, Team Sky have acquired one of the world’s most gifted riders and we are thrilled to have him on the team. The progress he has made during the last four years has been outstanding and he will undoubtedly strengthen our squad for 2012 and beyond.”

“Richie is a rider that has everything - not only is he right up there with the best time triallers in the world, he can also climb and is not afraid to suffer when he is told to work for someone else either. Now is his time to shine - whether that’s in a Grand Tour or on a stage race like Paris-Nice, we’ll have to see, but it’s a long season and he’ll get plenty of opportunities.”

“I’m sure he’s going to be very happy with this team and we’re confident he will have a long and successful career with us.”

Tags: team sky, riche porte
Read more | Comments (0) | Updated on September 7, 2011, 4:56pm

Damiano Cunego to lead Lampre-ISD at San Sebastian

July 28, 2011, 8:27am

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Damiano Cunego will led Lampre-ISD in Clasica San Sebastian, scheduled on Saturday 30th July.

Cunego just finished Tour de France in 7th position, blue-fucsia captain will rely on Bertagnolli, Bono, Gavazzi, Kostyuk, Mori, Perez Arrieta and Pietropolli.

The team will be directed by Bruno vicino, supported by mechanics Carminati and Gaia, masseurs Borgognoni and Inselvini and doctor Guardascione.

"Cunego is the main athlete, but I think that the whole team will be very competitive - sport director Vicino said - In fact, at the start of the race there will be many our riders that took part in Tour de France and got a top quality level of condition".

Tags: Damiano Cunego, Lampre ISD, Clasica San Sebastian, 2011
Read more | Comments (0) | Updated on July 28, 2011, 8:30am

Lampre-ISD announce Tour de France riders

June 27, 2011, 6:29am

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Lampre-ISD chose the 9 members of the team for Tour de France.
Directed by the duo Maini-Lerici, there will be the following riders:

Leonardo Bertagnolli: 33 years old, Italy. 15 victories in career, 1 Tour de France.

Grega Bole: 26 years old, Slovenia. 11 victories in career, 1 Tour de France. Slovenian national championship.

Matteo Bono: 27 years old, Italy. 2 victories in career, 1 Tour de France.

Damiano Cunego: 29 years old, Italy. 45 victories in career, 3 Tour de France with 1 victory in the young riders classification.

Danilo Hondo: 37 years old, Germany. victories, 3 Tour de France.

Denys Kostyuk: 29 years old, Ukraine. 3 victories in career, debut in Tour de France.

David Loosli: 31 years old, Switzerland. 1 victory in career, 3 Tour de France.

Adriano Malori: 23 years old, Italy. 2 victories, 1 Tour de France. Time trial Italian champion.

Alessandro Petacchi: 37 years old, Italy. 180 victories in career, 3 Tour de France with 6 stages victories and 1 victory in the points classification.

As substitutes Krivtsov e Kashechkin were selected.

In the team staff, in addition to the sport directors Maini and Lerici, there will be the sport manager Damiani, the doctors Beltemacchi and De Grandi, the mechanics Baron, Bortoluzzo, Kunchenko and Pengo, the masseurs Borgognoni, Capelli, Inselvini, Napolitano and Padlo, the driver Bozzolo and the communication managers Appiani and Carlo Saronni

Tags: Lampre ISD, tour de france, squad, 2011
Read more | Comments (0) | Updated on June 27, 2011, 6:36am