The sponsor needs us to get top-10. Stocklasa is in great condition and will be our best bet for this one.

Leader: Stocklasa
Free: Rieder, Häberli, Pilone
Helper: Del Rio, Cervigni, Aegether



Häberli joins the break today. Not really the strongest riders he's accompanied with. 3 more riders come up. Including little brother Nibali and Beppu.



The break quickly gets caught and the race is ridden in a hectic pace. After the final serious climb a group of 11 has emerged as front-runners for the race. Two of them are ours. Stocklasa and Rieder. Stocklasa barely managed to hold on as he tried to get away on the climb.



Bilbao gets away in the end and wins the race. Stocklasa gets 7th!



Stocklasa tried and tried and it cost him in the final sprint. He still got within the goal and we're on to our next big objective in July.

Giro ciclisto d'Italia

Rieder wins 4(!!) Stages. Matteoli and Ciaramella each one. We take the top-5 places in the GC

Tour de Pays de Savoie

Colavetta gets a couple of top-5 placements and sneaks into the top-5 in the GC.



Decent month. we completed our sponsor goal and dominated the U23 Giro.

We're 5th on the Continental ranking, best conti team.

In the top-100 we have:

Stocklasa, 18
Matteoli, 40
Colavetta, 43
Del Rio, 49
Cervigni, 63
Ciaramella, 71
Rieder, 72

Swiss Championship

Häberli uses his good form and comes in 3rd!

Course Cycliste de Solidanorsc

Dotti has 2 top-3 stage finishes and Viel has one as well.

GP Torres Vedras

Häberli has a great tour. A stage win and the win in the GC!

Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mt Blanc

Several top-3 stage results and a single stage win for Matteoli

GP Kranj

Sponsor goal was top-10. Del Rio delivered a fine 6th place in a strong startlist.



Still in 6th in the continental ranking. We have Stocklasa, Matteoli and Colavetta in the top-50 individually.

Signed for next season

Onelio Ciaramella - Leader
Gilles Aegether - Helper
Luca Covili - Helper
Raphael Häberli - Helper
Antongiulio Matteoli - Helper
Salvo Pilone - Helper

Contracts running out

Tomaso Cevigni
Pierfranco Colavetta
Ludovico Del Rio
Ottavio Dotti
Olivier Rieder
Nestor Stocklasa
Mattia Viel




With the success the team has had this year we're attempting to renew with all our current riders. If we do not manage to renew we'll need to go for some starpower.

Our recruiting focus will be Italians and what we'd like for the new season:

3-4 Talented youngsters
2-3 Italian riders with potential to win the odd stage/race here and there

We entered 4 races and had no notable result this month. So a short review and I'm off to the transfer Extravaganza!

In the standings the team is 7th and Stocklasa is still our best rider at 33.

The transfer market has been open for a month and several riders have found their new team. We've signed 5 new riders. 4 Neo-pros and a single pro. We have also renewed with all of our riders for the new season.

Although we would have liked more local riders, we've been unable to find talent in which we really believed in. Let's hope to for more succes in the future.

New riders:

Alex Turrin - Sprinter - 26

From Willier Triestina we've signed Veneto native Alex Turrin. He's had a miserable season and looks for redemption on our team next year. Important for our sponsors with a rider from Veneto

Pep Cadenas - Stage Racer - 19

A strong time trialer and a decent climber. Our scouts like him a lot and he could become vital in our bid to become a WT team.

Theo Kojic - Time Trialer - 20

Our scouts think this guy is one of the most talented around. Very good time trialer and decent climbing. Will he succeed overseas at such a young age?

Peyisai Panyangara - Stage Racer - 20

A bit of a lottery coupon. Might be become decent. Might not. Has been performing good on the african scene. His competition weren't the best. We tested him and his numbers looked good.

Vadim Priganiuk - Stage Racer - 22

Ciaramellas enemy number 1 from his junior days. After burying the hatchet has become his new team member. 'Priga' is a consistent talented rider which have had difficulty adjusting to U23 level. He's got talent though

What's next?

I'm still considering signing 1 or 2 more Italian riders. At the moment we have 18 riders and I believe we're on our way to secure a Pro-Conti status.

We've signed new equipment sponsors as well. We'll be riding Bianchi frames and Campagnolo wheels.

GP Premio Bruno Beghelli

Colavetta finishes in the top-10.

Tre Valli Varesini

Colavetta continues his good form and takes 2nd.

Milano Torino

In a HC race Colavetta finishes 15th. I can live with that :-)



A quiet ending of the year. Rankings and results next!

	Milano – San Remo	Dylan Groenewegen	TLJ
	Ronde van Vlaanderen	Zdenek Stybar	QST
	Paris – Roubaix	Geraint Thomas	SKY
	Liege – Bastogne – Liege	Sergio Luis Henao	SKY
	Il Lombardia	Wilco Kelderman	TLJ
	Italian Champion	Elia Viviani	QST
	Italian Champion TT	Vincenzo Nibali	TBM
	World Champion	Nairo Quintana	MOV
	World Champion TT	Tom Dumoulin	SUN

Rest of world tour

		1st	2nd	3rd	Sprint	Mtn
	Giro d'Italia	Uran	Pozzovivo	Quintana	Uran	Pozzovivo
	Tour de France	Porte	Pinot	Bardet	Cavendish	Visconti
	Vuelta Espana	Quintana	Uran	Landa	Quintana	Pantano

WT	Team	Points	Rider	Team	Points
1	Movistar	12718	Quintana	MOV	4923
2	Team Sky	10243	Porte	BMC	3457
3	BMC	8925	Uran	EFE	3065
4	Team Sunweb	8215	Dumoulin	SUN	3062
5	Bahrain Merida	8046	Nibali	TBM	2980
CON	Team	Points	Rider	Team	Points
1	Wanty – Gobert	3666	Pasqualon	WAN	1112
2	Gazprom	2702	Herrada	COF	863
3	Androni	2612	Ciccone	BAR	796
4	Cofidis	2272	Merlier	VER	768
5	Direct Energie	2187	Coquard	VIT	762

Pos			Points	Wins
8		Castelli	1720	18
19		Colavetta	493	2
42		Stocklasa	279	3
78		Matteoli	191	4
89		Del Rio	171	0
94		Rieder	164	5
100		Cervigni	151	0
106		Häberli	147	3
117		Ciaramella	124	1
180		Pilone	65	0
195		Covili	58	0
267		Aegether	31	0
315		Dotti	22	0
561		Viel	3	0

Rider	From	To
Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	LottoNL – Jumbo
Demonico Pozzovivo	Bahrain – Merida	UAE Emirates
Wout Van Aert	Verandas Willems	UAE Emirates
Jasper Stuyven	Trek – Segafredo	LottoNL – Jumbo
Alexey Lutsenko	Astana	Verandas Willems
Stefan Küng	BMC	Katusha
Pierre Rolland	EF Education	Movistar
Michael Valgren	Astana	Trek – Segafredo
Diego Ulissi	UAE Emirates	Verandas Willems
Tejay Van Garderen	BMC	Team Sky

Rider	From
Stephens Cummings	Dimension Data
Vasil Kiriyenka	Team Sky

New in World Tour	New in Pro Conti	New in Conti
	CASTELLI (P)	Euskadi (R)
	Elkov – Author (P)	Holowesko (R)
	Radio Popular (P)	Novo Nordisk (R)
	Team Ukyo (P)	UnitedHeathCare (R)
	W52 – FC Porto (P)	Willier Triestina (R)

Stage Races		Climber		Time Trial		Punchers		Cobbles		Sprinters
Froome	SKY	Bardet	AG2	Dumoulin	SUN	Alaphillipe	QSF	Sagan	BOR	Gaviria	QSF
Dumoulin	SUN	Quintana	MOV	Dennis	BMC	Benoot	LOT	Van Avermaet	BMC	Viviani	QSF
Porte	BMC	Porte	BMC	Martin	KAT	Martin	UAE	Terpstra	QSF	Ewan	MIC
Izagirre	AST	Froome	SKY	Küng	KAT	Kwiatkowski	SKY	Naesen	AG2	Cavendish	DDD
Thomas	SKY	Pinot	FDJ	Roglic	TLJ	Valverde	MOV	Stybar	QSF	Kittel	KAT

Stage Races		Climber		Time Trial		Punchers		Cobbles		Sprinters
Lopez	AST	Bernal	SKY	Küng	KAT	Benoot	LOT	Van Aert	UAE	Gaviria	QSF
Latour	AG2	Buchmann	BOR	Mullen	TSE	Moscon	SKY	Moscon	SKY	Ewan	MIC
Soler	MOV	Lopez	AST	Schachmann	QSF	Latour	AG2	Benoot	LOT	Groenewegen	TLJ
Geoghehan	SKY	Latour	AG2	Pedersen	TSE	Oomen	UAE	Pedersen	TSE	Sarreau	AST
Bernal	SKY	Martin	WAN	Cavagna	QSF	Kragh	SUN	Senechal	QSE	Cort Nielsen	AST

We're happy with our team going into the 2019 season. Some of the new faces has really been turning heads in training camp. That's why we believe in some of them to become leaders from the get-go.



Leaders

Theo Kojic - Stage Racer, 20
Vadim Priganiuk - Stage Racer, 22
Ludovico Del Rio - Puncher, 20

Protected riders

Nestor Stocklasa - Puncher, 22
Peyisai Panyangara - Time Trialer, 21
Alex Turrin - Sprinter, 26
Pep Cadenas - Stage Racer, 19

Luxury Helpers

Pierfranco Colavetta - Stage Racer, 21
Antongiulio Matteoli - Sprinter, 21
Onelio Ciaramella - Stage Races, 22

Helpers

Olivier Rieder - Puncher, 19
Tomaso Cervigni - Puncher, 21
Ottavio Dotti - Sprinter, 21
Raphael Häberli - Time Trial, 21
Mattia Viel - Sprinter, 23
Gilles Aegether - Puncher, 21
Luca Covili - Climber, 21
Salvo Pilone - Puncher, 20

Equipment:

Frame - Bianchi
Wheels - Campagnolo
Groupset - Shimano

	2.1	Vuelta a San Juan	Top-5
	1.1	Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia	Top-10
	1.HC	Trofeo Laigueglia	Top-10
	2.1	Tour du Haut var	Stage
	CWT-A	Tirreno – Adriatico	Stage
	2.1	Coppi e Bartali	Top-5
	2.HC	Tour of Alps	Stage
	1.1	Giro dell'Appennino	Top-10
	2.HC	Tour of Austria	Stage
	1.1	Coppa Agostini	Top-10
	1.1	Giro dell'Emilia	Top-5
	1.HC	Tre Valli Varesini	Top-10
	CWT-B	Tour of Turkey	Stage
	1.HC	Milano Torino	Top-5
	CWT-B	Gree-Tour of Guangxi	Stage

Outlook:

Sponsor goal: Top-5

First race of the season and first sponsorship goal as well. We've assigned this race to Colavetta and have a solid group of riders with him. This will be the first time we're seeing Cadenas in action in a pro peloton.

Leader: Colavetta
Free: Cadenas, Del Rio
Helpers: Stocklasa, Ciaramella, Covili



Flat as a pancake. We don't have riders to make our presence known on the flat so we're rushing through these. Adam Blythe wins the stage in front of McLay and Degenkolb.





One of two challenging stages besides the time trial. We'll try getting Cadenas or Del Rio into the break. The peloton is really strong and the favourites for today are Valgren, Uran and Meintjes. But we hope Colavetta hit his early season form :-)



That's a Castelli winner... Although an unlikely one. It's Stocklasa. He was supposed to lead-out Colavetta but proved too strong. It's a stage victory for Castelli! Not a single break managed to get away today.





A short TT. There's some great tempomen in the peloton. Lampaert, Terpstra and Van Garderen. All capable of smashing it for a short TT. Our best bet is Colavetta and Ciaramella. Terpstra will be first on the route and that will give us a time to aim at.



The first Castelli rider has crossed the line. It's one of our hopes for today Ciaramella. Unfortunately he's 7 seconds behind Terpstra. Shortly after Rosskopf sets a new best time. 10 seconds faster than Terpstra.



In the end. Tejay Van Garderen takes the stage. He was sublime today!



Another flat stage. Another sprint finish. This time Coquard takes the win.





The queen stage of the race. If we want to fulfill the objective we need to be at the front today. We'll try sending Cadenas into the break to collect Mountain points as he is currently wearing the jersey. Colavetta and Del Rio will try from the bottom of the final climb. Uran, Meintjes and Bernal are todays favourites.



Cadenas wasn't allowed to part from the peloton. Del Rio joins the break instead. Bard is quickly dropped and Del Rio, Steels and Ladagnous are todays break.



With 60 km to go the peloton catches the break. I guess it's gonna be a finish among the favourites.



Uran breaks away with a couple og km from the top. Colavetta tries to follow him but hasn't got the power. He still end up in a very respectable 7th place... And where will he be in the GC?!



7th as well.. His chances are limited in the following stages. He did well though. I can live with 7th in this field.



Hodeg and Degenkolb wins one each. Cadenas holds on to the mountain jersey. A succes? Yes! According to the sponsors... No :-(

A mountanious profile. We have a strong team, but there's some good riders participating in the race. We'll go with Colavetta and Cadenas.

Leader: Cadenas
Free: Colavetta, Ciaramella
Helpers: Del Rio, Stocklasa, Aegether, Covili



Breakaway specialist Del Rio has joined todays break. Colavetta is feeling good so far. Might have to gamble on him today!



Colavetta attacked on the big climb but ran out of juice. There's 15 in the front group. Colavetta is relaxing. He's got Del Rio coming up. Del Rio has a nice finish in a reduced sprint. That should get us the top-10 result we need. Hopefully.



Ciaramella -> Cadenas -> Colavetta -> Del Rio... Go go go...



Del Rio runs out of power in the steep ending hill. Luckily Colavetta had great legs. He's running out of juice but manage to hold on to 3rd. Rojas takes the win!

Colavetta has been on fire this early season.

Another sponsor objective. Del Rio ended up 10th yesterday in a mountain finish. Today it's more his terrain. We'll go for him today. Colavetta, Cadenas and Stocklasa will be our backups.

Leader: Del Rio
Free: Colavetta, Cadenas, Stocklasa
Helpers: Aegether, Ciaramella, Covili



Stocklasa is in todays break. Wtih Sagan in the peloton we do not expect it to reach the finish.



Del Rio and Cadenas went all out to help Colavetta. He's attacking with 10 km to go. He's joined by Van Avermaet, Sagan, Uran and Spilak.



1 km to go. This group is gonna decide it. We got our top-10 but Colavetta has absolutely no energy left! He finishes last in the group. Sagan finishes like a boss and wins by several bike lengths. Cadena are sprinting for 9th in the main bunch but is overtaken in the final meters and end up 11th

Etoille de Besseges

Colavetta wins stage 4 and 5 and takes the overall GC. A great win for

Tour du Haut var-matin

A sponsor goal and Colavetta once again proves he's a great rider. 7th overall after a 8th and 13th finish. The first stage where he was 8th he was without all of his teammates which crashed.



An incredible month for Colavetta! 3 sponsor objectives completed. Even though he only targeted one of them. He was our top rider last year and he was supposed to have a lesser role this year. Not gonna happen! Instead he's leading the continental individually!