Merida supply the team with bikes for 2013(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre - Merida) has so🅘me⭕ treatment on the Lampre Merida team bus(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The European season might be well underway but that hasn't stopped the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lampre Merida team from holding a February training camp in Mallorca, Spain. The Italian team, lead by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Damiano Cunego, Filippo Pozzato, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alessandro Petacchi and Michele Scarponi this y﷽ear, will be looking to perform on a number of fronts.
Both Pozzato and Scarponi are returning from suspensions relating to their working relationships with Mich📖ele Ferrari. They🏅 hope to help the team forget a poor 2012 season which held just 7 victories.
Pressure will be on Cunego and Pozzato to rediscover their individual classics form, while Petacchi will be looking to prove to everyone that he's not passed his sell-by date. As for Scarponi, the 2011 Giro winner will go ♉head-to-head with Vincenz𒊎o Nibali and Bradley Wiggins in this year's race.
New signings not only include Pozzato, with Roberto Ferrari and Jose Serpa both joining the💛 team. The team h🎃eaded to Mallorca this week for some extra training and their team presentation, before the real season objectives begin.
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