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11/05/2016

ST5 : Giro d’Italia :: Praia a Mare - Benevento - 233 km

“It was important to stay out of troubles - said Tanel Kangert - the roads was narrower than expected, but everything went well. The classic transition stage”.

“The team did a good job - commented sport director Giuseppe Martinelli - and we ran in function of tomorrow stage. It will be the first mountain finish of this year race and we want to give our best”.

Grand tours

10/05/2016

ST4 : Giro d’Italia :: Catanzaro - Praia a Mare - 200 km

“It was a very fast stage just from the beginning - said Valerio Agnoli - which arrived after the rest day. Someone took extra effort“.

Grand tours

08/05/2016

ST3 : Giro d’Italia :: Nijmegen - Arnhem - 190 km

"There was more wind than yesterday - said Eros Capecchi - and this has made the stage more tense. It was important to stay in the first positions to avoid falling”.

Grand tours

07/05/2016

ST2 : Giro d’Italia :: Arnhem - Nijmegen - 190 km

"It has been a nervous stage - said Kozhatayev Bakhtiyar - everyone wants to stay ahead and you fight a lot to hold the positions. My most experts teammates have said to me "welcome to the Giro d'Italia"

Grand tours

06/05/2016

ST1 : Giro d’Italia :: Apeldoorn - 9.8 km (ITT)

"I am satisfied - said Vincenzo Nibali at the end of Giro d'Italia opening stage - was a full gas time trial, with many corners where you had to slow down a little and then push again immediately".