THIS WEEK THE CHALLENGE MALLORCA, 12 RIDERS SELECTED TO RIDE THE 5 COMPETITIONS. STOPPED BY AN INJURY MANUELE TAROZZI
This is the week of the Challenge Mallorca, 5 one-day races from Wednesday to Sunday. 12 riders have been selected by the team to face the 5 races on the island of Mallorca. At the start there will be the experts Modolo, Visconti and Battaglin, the neo-pro Colnaghi and El Gouzi, passing through the young riders launched by the team in recent years such as Filippo Zana, Filippo Fiorelli and Samuele Zoccarato. Forced to forfeit Manuele Tarozzi, who fell to the Classica Comunitat Valenciana, for him a fracture of the left great trochanter and a 30-day stop.
A week of races on the island of Mallorca awaits Bardiani CSF Faizanè. In fact, there will be 5 races, with the Trofeo Calvia opening the challenge this Wednesday 26 January and the Trofeo Playa de Palma concluding this Sunday. Mixed routes with a significant difference in altitude, created more than by real climbs, by an animated path with no time for flat roads. Some arrivals for sprinters, but even more demanding ones await the 12 riders called up by the team to face, in rotation, the 5 races on the calendar.
A demanding five days, which will see top-level competitors with 10 World Tour teams at the start and 9 Professional teams. Leading the team in the teamcar will be the duo of Sports Directors: Roberto Reverberi and Luca Amoriello.
THE RIDERS SELECTION:
Sacha Modolo (1987)
Giovanni Visconti (1983)
Enrico Battaglin (1989)
Filippo Fiorelli (1994)
Filippo Zana (1999)
Alessandro Santaromita (1999)
Fabio Mazzucco (1999)
Davide Gabburo (1993)
Luca Colnaghi (1999)
Luca Covili (1997)
Omar El Gouzi (1999)
Samuele Zoccarato (1998)
Direttori Sportivi: Roberto Reverberi; Luca Amoriello
THE RACE CALENDAR OF THE CHALLENGE MALLORCA:
26/01: Trofeo Calvia (Camp de Mar – Magaluf, 154,8 km)
27/01: Trofeo Alcudia (Port d’Alcudia – Port d’Alcudia, 173,2 km)
28/01: Trofeo Serra Tramuntana (Lloseta – Lloseta, 158,9 km)
29/01: Trofeo Pollença – Port d’Andratx (Pollença – Andratx, 170,1 km)
30/01: Trofeo Playa de Palma (S’Arenal – Palma, 169,1 km)
All the line-up will be announced on the official social media profiles of the team, every day.
TROFEO CALVIA, THE LINE-UP:
Giovanni Visconti (1983)
Enrico Battaglin (1989)
Filippo Zana (1999)
Filippo Fiorelli (1994)
Samuele Zoccarato (1998)
Omar El Gouzi (1999)
Luca Covili (1997)
Each line-up will be official day by day and published on the official social media team accounts.
INJURY FOR MANUELE TAROZZI.
Following the fall that occurred to the Classica Comunitat Valenciana, Manuele Tarozzi returned to Italy to undergo medical examinations which revealed the fracture of the left greater trochanter. The first prognosis for him is a 30 day stop. This Wednesday, January 26, the riders will carry out further tests to confirm the first diagnosis. For Manuele Tarozzi an unlucky debut among pros, the Classica Comunitat Valenciana was in fact his first competition among professionals.
The whole Bardiani CSF Faizanè team wishes him a full recovery.