Team Colombia celebrate Giro d'Italia wild card invitation
Los Escarabajos look forwa▨rd to the mountain stages
Team Colombia has described obtaining a wild card invitation for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia as a crucial step ඣin the team's development, promising to light up the race during the mountain stages.
The team is funded by the๊ Colombian government and was created by former Saecဣo and Barloworld team manager Claudio Corti in 2012.
“This invitation is a crucial step in our project’s path, so I can’t be anything but happy thaꦯt our Team has managed to win a Giro d’Italia spot in just its second season in thꦗe pro ranks," Corti said in a press release from the team.
"In our first year, I think we showed everyone in cycling the real value of our riders and organization, and we feel ready to improve further: we have a huge bunch of people all over the World who can’t wait to see us in action at the Giro, and we certainly will not disappoint them.”
Team leaders at Colombia include 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Duarte, Leonardo Duque, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Darwin Atapuma and Carlos Quintero. Atapuma won a stage of last year's Giro del Trentino, while Duarte won the GP Citta di Camaiore a💟nd Coppꦚa Sabatini races in Italy and two stages of the Vuelta Colombia.
T꧑he team likes to call itself the Escarabajos - the Beatles - because of is black jersey, and hopes to follow in the steps of the legendary Cafe de Colombia team from the eighties that included pure cl🐭imbers Lucho Herrara and Fabio Parra.
“It fe𝕴els great to be part of the return of a Colombian team on the Grand Tour stage," Italian directeur sportif Valerio Tebaldi said.
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"Our team left its mark on races with its quality and personality in 2012, and we now get the chance to give our fans what they have been waiting for so long. We worked very hard for a year, but our efforts paid dividends: Tꦰeam Colombia managed to win the respect and the affecti🐠on of people from all over the World, and this invitation marks a huge moment for us.”
Team Colombia was not selected for Tirreno-Adriati🦂co or Milano-Sanremo but secured a place in Il Lombardia at the end of the season.
