The team will ride in his new colours for the first time at the Cancer Council Classic, the prelude of the Tour Down Under starting on Tuesday, as well as at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina

FUJI-SERVETTO EXCITED ABOUT SEASON DEBUT

After serious troubles during long trips across the world, the two teams sent by the FUJI-SERVETTO team await for the start of the competitions at their respective headquarters in Australia and Argentina, the countries that will hold the first races ever taken part of as a new UCI ProTeam. The squad will wear their new gear for the first time tomorrow by participating in the traditional Down Under Classic (known as Cancer Council Classic for this year), a criterium held in Adelaide over a 1.7-km circuit, with 30 laps for all the riders to complete a 51-km competition; this race will act as prelude for the Tour Down Under, the first stagerace of the UCI ProTour, and also the first round of the new World Calendar.

Team general manager Alvaro Crespi will be in charge of a 7-man unit, composed by Daniele Nardello, Davide Vigano, William Walker, Hilton Clarke, Javier Megias, Ivan Dominguez y Ermanno Capelli. “We’re really willing to make our debut at last,� Crespi explained from Australian soil. “We had a very long trip to come here, since we had to deal with some bureaucratic proceedings regarding Ivan Dominguez; that made us arrive later than expected. However, we’ve spent three days on training without major troubles, and I see that our riders are well prepared. I think Nardello and Walker can reach a good spot at the General Classification, and Vigano and Clarke might be able to fight for a stage win. We’ll have to see how Dominguez performs, because he’s had some problems with his knee for the last couple of days, and thus he’s come here with some doubts�.

On the other hand, Sabino Angoitia will be the one directing the FUJI-SERVETTO performances in the 3rd edition of the Tour de San Luis –sanctioned by the UCI with a 2.1 category license for the first time ever-, starting next Monday, with a line-up composed by Alberto Benitez, David de la Fuente, Jesus del Nero, Benat Intxausti, Hector Gonzalez and Ricardo Serrano. The “Blue expedition� arrived in Argentinian soil yesterday, after an endless, 30-hour journey, followed by an unpleasant surprise, since the team bikes got their arrival delayed, as a result of the package not being delivered into the plane departing from Madrid; they are supposed to reach San Luis during this evening. “The most important thing is that we’re safely here,� Angoitia said from Argentina. “After such a hard fight, we managed to make the team show up this season, and everyone inside the team is very eager to start competing, specially the riders. I see they’re really hopeful, and this is a race that will suit them very well, since the routes and the good weather are very adequate for the lads that we brought here�.

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