DOMANI IL VIA DEL GIRO D’ITALIA CON BELFAST DIPINTA DI ROSA

Belfast (Irlanda del Nord), 8 maggio 2014 – Il Giro d’Italia del 2014, la 97^a della Corsa Rosa prenderà il via nel pomeriggio di domani dal Titanic Quarter di Belfast. Mentre la Grande Partenza si avvicina, l’eccitazione è palpabile nella capitale dell’Irlanda del Nord. La città intera ha preso a cuore il colore della Maglia Rosa. Di notte, la City Hall è illuminata di rosa, così come l’alone sul bride soleil che attornia l’immenso edificio circolare del Belfast Waterfront, sede del Quartier Generale della Corsa Rosa a Belfast. La stampa locale e regionale della regione sta riservando spazi illimitati a quello che si annuncia come un evento indimenticabile nella storia di questo Paese.

Le preparazioni per la Grande Partenza si sono riprese questa mattina con la pubblicazione della lista ufficiale dei partenti, che conferma le identità dei 198 corridori partecipanti, divisi  in 22 squadre di 9 atleti ciascuna.

ecco le squdre al via

ASTANA PRO TEAM 1 SCARPONI Michele Italy 2 AGNOLI Valerio Italy 3 ARU Fabio Italy 4 BRAJKOVIC Janez Slovenia 5 GASPAROTTO Enrico Italy 6 BOZIC Borut Slovenia 7 LANDA MEANA Mikel Spain 8 TIRALONGO Paolo Italy 9 ZEITS Andrey Kazahkstan

AG2R LA MONDIALE 11 POZZOVIVO Domenico Italy 12 APPOLLONIO Davide Italy 13 BÉRARD Julien France 14 BOUET Maxime France 15 DOMONT Axel France 16 DUPONT Hubert France 17 GRETSCH Patrick Germany 18 MONTAGUTI Matteo Italy 19 VUILLERMOZ Alexis France

ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI 21 PELLIZOTTI Franco Italy 22 BELLETTI Manuel Italy 23 FRAPPORTI Marco Italy 24 GODOY Yonder Venezuela 25 HOOGERLAND Johnny Netherlands 26 BANDIERA Marco Italy 27 RODRIGUEZ Jackson Venezuela 28 ROSA Diego Italy 29 SELLA Emanuele Italy

BARDIANI CSF 31 PIRAZZI Stefano Italy 32 BATTAGLIN Enrico Italy 33 BOEM Nicola Italy 34 BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel Italy 35 CANOLA Marco Italy 36 COLBRELLI Sonny Italy 37 BARBIN Enrico Italy 38 RUFFONI Nicola Italy 39 ZARDINI Edoardo Italy

BELKIN PRO CYCLING TEAM 41 KELDERMAN Wilco Netherlands 42 BOL Jetse Netherlands 43 FLENS Rick Netherlands 44 GOOS Marc Netherlands 45 KEIZER Martijn Netherlands 46 KRUIJSWIJK Steven Netherlands 47 TANNER David Australia 48 TJALLINGII Maarten Netherlands 49 VAN EMDEN Jos Netherlands

BMC RACING TEAM 51 EVANS Cadel Australia 52 BOOKWALTER Brent United States 53 EIJSSEN Yannick Belgium 54 HERMANS Ben Belgium 55 MORABITO Steve Switzerland 56 OSS Daniel Italy 57 QUINZIATO Manuel Italy 58 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel Spain 59 WYSS Danilo Switzerland

CANNONDALE 61 BASSO Ivan Italy 62 GATTO Oscar Italy 63 KOCH Michel Germany 64 LONGO BORGHINI Paolo Italy 65 MARANGONI Alan Italy 66 MOSER Moreno Italy 67 RATTO Daniele Italy 68 VILLELLA Davide Italy 69 VIVIANI Elia Italy

COLOMBIA 71 DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres Colombia 72 TORRES AGUDELO Rodolfo Andres Colombia 73 AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alciviades Colombia 74 CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo Colombia 75 DUQUE Leonardo Colombia 76 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson Colombia 77 QUINTERO NORENA Carlos Julian Colombia 78 ROMERO CORREDOR Jefrry Johan Colombia 79 RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel Colombia

FDJ.FR 81 BOUHANNI Nacer France 82 CHAVANEL Sébastien France 83 COURTEILLE Arnaud France 84 FISCHER Murilo Antonio Brazil 85 GENIEZ Alexandre France 86 LE BON Johan France 87 MOUREY Francis France 88 PICHON Laurent France 89 VEIKKANEN Jussi Finland

GARMIN – SHARP 91 HESJEDAL Ryder Canada 92 CARDOSO Andre Fernando S. Martins Portugal 93 DEKKER Thomas Netherlands 94 FARRAR Tyler United States 95 FERNANDEZ DE LARREA Koldo Spain 96 HAAS Nathan Australia 97 MARTIN Daniel Ireland 98 VAN BAARLE Dylan Netherlands 99 WEGMANN Fabian Germany

LAMPRE – MERIDA 100 CUNEGO Damiano Italy 101 ANACONA Winner Anrew Colombia 102 BONO Matteo Italy 103 CATTANEO Mattia Italy 104 FERRARI Roberto Italy 105 MORI Manuele Italy 106 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw Poland 107 POLANC Jan Slovenia 109 ULISSI Diego Italy

LOTTO – BELISOL 111 ARMEE Sander Belgium 112 BAK Lars Ytting Denmark 113 DEHAES Kenny Belgium 114 DOCKX Gert Belgium 115 HANSEN Adam Australia 116 MONFORT Maxime Belgium 117 VAN DER SANDE Tosh Belgium 118 WELLENS Tim Belgium 119 VANENDERT Dennis Belgium

MOVISTAR TEAM 121 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander Colombia 122 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey Costa Rica 123 ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor Spain 124 CAPECCHI Eros Italy 125 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan Spain 126 HERRADA LOPEZ José Spain 127 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka Spain 128 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José Spain 129 MALORI Adriano Italy

YELLOW FLUO 131 RABOTTINI Matteo Italy 132 CECCHINEL Giorgio Italy 133 CARRETERO Ramon Panama 134 CHICCHI Francesco Italy 135 COLLI Daniele Italy 136 FEDI Andrea Italy 137 FINETTO Mauro Italy 138 MONSALVE Jonathan Venezuela 139 PONZI Simone Italy

OMEGA PHARMA – QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM 141 URAN Rigoberto Colombia 142 BRAMBILLA Gianluca Italy 143 DE GENDT Thomas Belgium 144 KEISSE Iljo Belgium 145 PAUWELS Serge Belgium 146 PETACCHI Alessandro Italy 147 POELS Wouter Netherlands 148 SERRY Pieter Belgium 149 VERMOTE Julien Belgium

ORICA GREENEDGE 151 SANTAROMITA Ivan Italy 152 DURBRIDGE Luke Australia 153 HEPBURN Michael Australia 154 LANCASTER Brett Australia 155 MATTHEWS Michael Australia 156 MEYER Cameron Australia 157 DOCKER Mitchell Australia 158 TUFT Svein Canada 159 WEENING Pieter Netherlands

TEAM EUROPCAR 161 ROLLAND Pierre France 162 ARASHIRO Yukiya Japan 163 TULIK Angelo France 164 HUREL Tony France 165 MALACARNE Davide Italy 166 MEDEREL Maxime France 167 QUEMENEUR Perrig France 168 SICARD Romain France 169 THURAU Bjorn Germany

TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO 171 KITTEL Marcel Germany 172 DE BACKER Bert Belgium 173 GESCHKE Simon Germany 174 LUDVIGSSON Tobias Sweden 175 MEZGEC Luka Slovenia 176 PREIDLER Georg Austria 177 STAMSNIJDER Tom Netherlands 178 TIMMER Albert Netherlands 179 VEELERS Tom Netherlands

TEAM KATUSHA 181 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin Spain 182 BELKOV Maxim Russia 183 CARUSO Giampaolo Italy 184 GUSEV Vladimir Russia 185 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto Spain 186 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel Spain 187 PAOLINI Luca Italy 188 VICIOSO ARCOS Angel Spain 189 VORGANOV Eduard Russia

TEAM SKY 191 CATALDO Dario Italy 192 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald Norway 193 DEIGNAN Philip Ireland 194 EISEL Bernhard Austria 195 HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian Colombia 196 SUTTON Christopher Australia 197 PUCCIO Salvatore Italy 198 SIUTSOU Kanstantsin Belarus 199 SWIFT Ben United Kingdom

TEAM TINKOFF-SAXO 201 ROCHE Nicholas Ireland 202 JUUL JENSEN Christopher Denmark 203 MAJKA Rafal Poland 204 PETROV Evgeni Russia 205 POLJANSKI Pawel Poland 206 ROVNY Ivan Russia 207 SØRENSEN Chris Anker Denmark 208 MCCARTHY Jay Australia 209 ROGERS Michael Australia

TREK FACTORY RACING 211 KISERLOVSKI Robert Croatia 212 ALAFACI Eugenio Italy 213 ARREDONDO MORENO Julian Colombia 214 FELLINE Fabio Italy 215 HONDO Danilo Germany 216 NIZZOLO Giacomo Italy 217 VAN POPPEL Boy Netherlands 218 BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan 219 ZOIDL Riccardo Austria