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| ste_18 |
Posted on 04-12-2012 13:23
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Welcome to the HQ of this new Italian team. In this season the team will be sponsorized by Fastweb (as main sponsor) and Eni (like co-sponsor). This two Italian companies are proud to have found this new team and hope to get some good result with Italian riders from the first season.
Here a short intro of the sponsor:
FASTWEB
Fastweb is an Italian telecomunications companies providing landline broadband Internet and Digital TV services. They use optical fiber, and for this reason they're the fastest and most known telecomunication company here.
They've decided to start this project as cycling is becoming a famous sport in all countries, so they will have visibility not only here in Italy.
As they're Italian the focus will be in Italian rider that can from the first season win lots of race. As for the kind of rider they prefer climbers, stage racer or punchuer, but rider like Ballan or Guardini catch their attenctions too.
ENI
Eni is an Italian multinational oil and gas company, present in 79 countries, and currently Italy's largest industrial company; owned for the majority by Italian government.
After being the official providers of fuel for Moto2 and Moto3 they've decided to expand their sponsorship in cycling. They know very well how difficult is in the sport but their expectations in this season are very high with a big goals: victory of a WT race here in Italy
Here our minor sponsor
Geox
It's an Italian shoes company. They have experience in the world of cycling as they had a team.
Pinarello
We are proud of this sponsor as it's known all over the world and they made one of the best bike.
Kappa
Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories. Our shirt producer for this year.
Luxottica
Italian glasses company.
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 04-12-2012 13:24
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| Nationality | Name | Age | Kind | Contract year |  | Vincenzo Nibali | 27 | Stage racer | 1 | | Mattia Cattaneo | 21 | Stage racer | 2 | | Alessandro Ballan | 32 | Northern Classic | 2 | | Roberto Ferrari | 27 | Sprinter | 2 | | Daniel Oss | 24 | Sprinter | 2 | | Jacopo Guarnieri | 24 | Sprinter | 1 | | Marco Zanotti | 23 | Sprinter | 3 | | Davide Viganò | 27 | Sprinter | 2 | | Danilo Di Luca | 35 | Puncher | 3 | | Giovanni Visconti | 28 | Puncher | 1 | | Enrico Battaglin | 23 | Puncher | 3 | | Gabriele Pizzaballa | 21 | Puncher | 3 | | Diego Ulissi | 22 | Climber | 3 | | Davide Malacarne | 22 | Climber | 1 | | Eros Capecchi | 25 | Climber | 2 | | Luca Ascani | 29 | Climber | 3 | | Matteo Carrara | 32 | Climber | 1 | | Mauro Santambrogio | 27 | Climber | 1 | | Francesco Failli | 29 | Climber | 2 |  | Tony Martin | 26 | Time Trialist | 3 |  | Wilco Kelderman | 20 | Stage racer | 1 | | Wout Poels | 24 | Puncher | 1 |  | Carlos Betancur | 22 | Puncher | 1 |  | Ricardo Mestre | 28 | Puncher | 2 |  | Andre Steensen | 24 | Puncher | 3 |  | Aidis Kroupis | 25 | Sprinter | 2 |  | Nico Kronenberger | 22 | Stage racer | 2 |  | Sylvester Szmyd | 33 | Climber | 1 |
PCM screen by Jesleyh
The team is proud to announce the shirt for the first season. Credits goes to the designer Miggi who made this amazing jersey.
NC
Spoiler Italy
 WC ITT
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 04-12-2012 13:24
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 Top 3 Giro d'Italia 
 Top 10 All three Northern Classic
 Top 3 Giro di Lombardia
 Victory Tirreno-Adriatico
 Top 5 One of the Ardennes Classic
WT
CT
Spoiler Tour de Langkwai
Omloop Het Nieusblad
KBC
Scheldrijs
Brabanste Prijl
Giro del Trentino
Rund um Finanzplaz
5 Jours de Dunkerque
Tour of Quinghai
Tour de Limousin
Trofeo Varese
GP Fourmies
Milan-Torino
Giro Piemonte
Giro dell'Emilia
Strade Bianche
Rund um Koln
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Edited by ste_18 on 13-12-2012 16:00
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| nils erik |
Posted on 04-12-2012 17:01
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Great jersey! Many great riders from Italy, so it should not be difficult to get a good team  |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 04-12-2012 17:12
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nils erik wrote:
Great jersey! Many great riders from Italy, so it should not be difficult to get a good team
Hope so, as i'm the only with an italian team so far though i've seen that you are interested in Italian riders too.
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 04-12-2012 19:34
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D.S. of team Fastweb announce that they're trading with a rider with a big talent that can lead the team since the first year. Unfortunately nobody know the name of the guy but rumors say he is a classics rider. Anyway D.S said that they haven't signed yet as there are many team interested at him.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-12-2012 23:46
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Good luck for the new campaign ste  |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 05-12-2012 17:48
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sutty68 wrote:
Good luck for the new campaign ste
Thanks mate, hope for you the same and to see you chosen like a WT |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-12-2012 18:02
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ste_18 wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Good luck for the new campaign ste
Thanks mate, hope for you the same and to see you chosen like a WT
Fingers crossed |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 08-12-2012 18:08
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I'm happy to say that today we have made our transfer signing with Nico Kronenberger. He is a young (22 years) talented rider and I hope he could improve with our team and become one of the best stage racer. He is Swiss and he lives near Italy so our sponsor Fastweb is very happy for his nationality (Fastweb is and Italian society of the Swiss grouop Swisscom). This is our first transfer stay tuned for more news (especially about draft).
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 08-12-2012 21:20
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In the first season we have found a "special rival", i'm talking about team Lierse-Pizza Ullo as Pizza Ullo is an Italian sponsor. We hope that our rivalry will be constructive for Italian cycling world and that there will be the utmost respect. In CT division there is another Italian sponsor: Bulgari of team Bulgari Inditex; we'll surely follow this team in this year.
Anyway we wish good luck to both and all the team of the first season (though we will fight to beat you).
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 09-12-2012 12:07
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Oh no, already 2 rivals and the game has yet to start 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 09-12-2012 14:18
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Ollfardh wrote:
Oh no, already 2 rivals and the game has yet to start
Well i'm not a real rival, is just that your team is very interesting and you have an italian sponsor so there will be a bit of competition between us. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 09-12-2012 20:43
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Hey guys!
I am Nico Kronenberger, a professional cyclist. I was born 22 years ago, in Lugano, in southern Switzerland. I started cyclocrossing when I was 12, and when I was 17, I switched to road cycling. I was quite successful in the U23 races, riding for Motorex - Credit Suisse Pro Cycling's youth academy, and now I'm ready for the real work: the UCI World Tour. Motorex didn't want to have me in their professional squad yet, and I didn't want to wait another season. Luckily, I got in contact with the DS of Team Fastweb. He said he saw a great future in me, and was very enthousiastic about having me riding for the team. I was perhaps even more enthousiastic, and decided to sign immediately. And that's why I'm here today.
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 09-12-2012 20:47
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Oh, and greetings from Motorex - Credit Suisse Pro Cycling, we are very keen in challenging you. Che vinca il migliore!
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 10-12-2012 15:14
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fcancellara wrote:
Oh, and greetings from Motorex - Credit Suisse Pro Cycling, we are very keen in challenging you. Che vinca il migliore!
Yes, moge de beste winnen. Hope google trad is right with the translation. Anyway i hope that between our team there will be an alliance that could convenient and positive to both. |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 10-12-2012 15:37
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It's a perfect translation
Let's have an alliance indeed, that'd be nice.
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 10-12-2012 21:03
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Born near the Strait of Messina, Nibali's nickname is the "shark of the strait" or simply "the shark." His first major win came at the 2006 GP Ouest-France, where he beat an impressive field on a tough course. Nibali's biggest win to date is the overall in the 2010 Vuelta a España. He reched podium in the other two GT's too (2nd at Giro and 3rd at Tour).
I'm very happy to sign (for an year) with Vincenzo, now he is surely the best italian rider and one of the best stage racer in the world. He has a great talent and he can improve. I hope he could continue winning lots of race and maybe another GT (after the victory of Vuelta)
Guys, I'm very happy to sign with Team Fastweb. It's the strongest and biggest Italian team so far. Hope to show with this team that i'm one of the strrongest and that i can improve becoming one of the best.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 10-12-2012 22:25
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Nibbles will definitely get you some victories |
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