Como, September 26th 2015

I'm sitting on the stairs because I can't carry on. I'm totally exhausted, no energy left in me. I have just done the course of the famous Il Lombardia, the Classic of the Falling Leaves. Now sitting near to the main doors to our house in Como, there is one questions in my mind, "How will the top cyclists do on the course next week?"

I will be standing once again on the road cheering at Civiglio climb. I did these climbs myself so many times so I know them well. Who will win this edition? For me the best moment was in 2011 when Oliver Zaugg won, because actually I'm Swiss guy.

I was born in Lugano on the New Year 1997 to Swiss father and Italian mother and then lived in Switzerland for 14 years until we moved to Italy. My mother is from Milano, but she lived there only for a few years. Soon she moved with her family to Lugano, because of my grandfather's job. So I can say I'm half a Swiss, half an Italian 18 years old guy who is in love with cycling. My name is Giovani Bitterli and this is going to be my story.

June 16th 2015



According to our contact in Italian cycling there is one big Italian company that has decided to invest in a cycling team and it is expected as a huge project.

The rumours start swirling a few days after Paolo Bettini announced that he will no longer be in the position of Italian national team coach. He is expected to be the manager of the new team, but he does not confirm anything.



"Right now, I have nothing to say about it. I just decided to end as the national team coach and that's it for now. Just wait a few weeks and we will see what happened," he said to the press and encourage speculations with his last sentence.

Pau, Pyrenees, July 13th 2015

We are in the iconic Pyrenees as the 1st rest day of Tour de France 2015 has come and Paolo Bettini is here with a statement to confirm the speculations which there were the last month.

"We made this press conference to confirm the thing you all expected the last few weeks. I'm here with the very important person from Italy – Alberto Lavazza who has more for you than I have," Bettini started the press conference.

"I have always been a sportsfan and after some discussion over the last year we decided to make an investment to the sport of cycling and we believe it's a good opportunity to promote our brand and make an impact to the Italian cycling, that's the reason we chose this man – Paolo Bettini – who have our trust as we believe he is able to achieve our goals we made for the next years. That is it for now, we will have further information after the Tour ends," said Alberto Lavazza, the president of well-known coffee manufacturer based in Turin, Italy.



This is great day for Italian cycling as they have only one team left in World Tour, and as Bettini said to us, this new team wants World Tour licence right for 2016.

Lavazza Headquarters, July 29th 2015

Alberto Lavazza: "Hello, we are here to reveal our plans and some more information about the team. First, I want to congratulate Chris Froome on his 2nd Tour de France victory and all the other riders who have reached Champ Elysses in Paris on Sunday.

However, now I want to say that, we have come to an agreement with another great Italian cyclist, two times winner of Giro d'Italia – Ivan Basso. We believe that Ivan is a great addition as a sports director and they will cooperate well with Paolo. But not only great sports directors and managers, but also and more important, Paolo and Ivan will be a great example and mentors for the guys riding for U23 team that we want to set up too.

And next, there is one more thing why we are here. We want to announce our co-sponsors, whose will be – Specialized as bike and helmet supllier and Campagnolo as wheels and sets supllier. And for the last also we are here to reveal our jersey made by Castelli that we will use our first season in the peloton. Here it is ladies and gentlemen."