Official presentation of Merida Italia Team 2016 The new showroom of Merida srl Italy hosted the official presentation of Merida Italia Team, ready for the season 2016. The combination of Hard Rock Race Team of Piacenza and the Import Company of bicycles and accessories Merida Bikes is renewed again for the fifth year a row, despite the difficulties, presenting a group of young good athletes.
Saturday, March 5, in a family atmosphere, the Team Manager Marco Boccellari presented the new athletes that compose the Team in 2016 to a large group of guests, family and sponsors. Among those present were notable the regional manager FCI Massimo Cipriani, dr. Francesco Biondi of Phytoitalia, the managers of ASD Libertas RAIFFEISEN LAIVES (the crew that owns the license of Jakob Dorigoni), and Massimo Sganzerla and Luca Davoli of Merida Italy srl, the company recently reestablished in Reggio Emilia to resume the distribution of products Merida Bikes. In evidence the names of the new Junior Men Vanni Frassoni, Lorenzo Calloni and Jakob Dorigoni, flanked by the Junior Women Giulia Lazzari and Fiorile Allocca, but also words for the youth Cadets Gian Guido Pighi, Simoni Riccardo, Alessandro Ernestini and Martina Bassi. Completing the roster Christian Patrono and Paola Papetti. The primary goal of the team in 2016 will be to propose a professional and positive image on all the race tracks with the participation of their athletes, working for a steady growth of them, so as to enable them to achieve some satisfactions in National and International field. The most competitive athlete of the group is Jakob Dorigoni, back from an exciting Cyclocross season, and already last week in Rivoli Veronese, where He had the debut knit Merida, stood out for his great desire to win.
Even Lorenzo Calloni, at his first year among the Juniores, it is certainly not to be underestimated, and like Jakob faces the new season in the wake of participation in the World Cyclocross Championship. Vanni Frassoni raced well in the last season of XCO, growing with every race. He will return to competition next Sunday in the first round of Internazionali d'Italia Series in Maser, trying to pick up where he ended last season, with a good placement in the Italian Championship. The two girls Juniores Giulia and Fiorile are instead working hard to improve themselves, and they know that only through constant and intense efforts will succeed. The executive staff will always be represented by the President Ettore Niccoli and directed by the Team Manager Marco Boccellari, assisted by the secretary Antonella Boschiroli, while the technical department will be composed by the brothers Angelo and Bruno Ferrari, who will provide the preparation of good athletes, the mechanics Gian Luigi Prevedini and Francesco Niccoli, with the new entry Diego Neri, and Maria Giulia Boccellari as race assistant. Now eyes on Coste di Maser (TV) for the first major event of the season, first round of Internazionali d'Italia Series.