Merida Italia Team shows up at the Castle of Montichiari On the evening before the race day, taking advantage from the invitation of the staff of Novagli Team (organizers of the Trofeo Delcar), the team manager Marco Boccellari has presented the athletes and the colors of Merida Italia Team at the Castle of Montichiari, inside the extraordinary track that today houses the HC race, 2nd round of Internazionali d'Italia Series.
In front of a large audience, the staff have presented the members of Team 2015, strongly characterized by the presence of five Under23, Lorenzo Samparisi, Mattia Setti, Stefano Valdrighi, Gioele Bertolini and Alessandro Naspi. Each one of them is very competitive, as evidenced by their results, and as already shown in the first round of Internazionali d'Italia Series. In the presentation speech was reiterated by sports directors the importance to work on the group, for the growth of the bikers in international level in the discipline of cross country Olympic. Also the three youth of the Team have took part to the ceremony, Vanni Frassoni (Juniores), Lorenzo Calloni (Allievo) and Giulia Lazzari (Female Allieva). These young riders represent a sign of continuity of the project of Merida Italia Team, always ambitious and characterized by a more complex path, due to the current situation of the general economic crisis that affects the whole movement. The families that support the guys, plays a key role to advance the whole.
During the evening were thanked all the sponsors for their support, in particular those present MERIDA BIKES ITALY, NORTHWAVE and DRC. Thanks also to Marina Romoli for taking part to the ceremony, as the godmother of the Trofeo Delcar 2015. The speaker Fabio Balbi interviewed the most outstanding athletes, then has collected the opinions of the most important guests, as the vice president of the Italian Cycling Federation Daniela Isetti, the coach of the Italian National Team Hubert Pallhuber and the marketing manager of Merida Bikes Italy Marco Santojanni. The next scheduled time is the main event of Montichiari, namely the international Horse Class Race, second round of Internazionali d'Italia Series.