2015 Nippo–Vini Fantini season

The 2015 season for the Nippo–Vini Fantini cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.

Nippo–Vini Fantini
2015 season
UCI codeVFN
StatusUCI Professional Continental
ManagerHiroshi Daimon
Main sponsor(s)Farnese vini & Nippo
BasedItaly
BicyclesDe Rosa
GroupsetCampagnolo
Season victories
One-day races-
Stage race overall2
Stage race stages9
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2015 roster

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Rider Date of birth
  Giacomo Berlato (ITA) (1992-05-05)5 May 1992 (aged 22)
  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) (1985-03-07)7 March 1985 (aged 29)
  Didier Chaparro (COL) (1987-07-07)7 July 1987 (aged 27)
  Daniele Colli (ITA) (1982-04-19)19 April 1982 (aged 32)
  Damiano Cunego (ITA) (1981-09-19)19 September 1981 (aged 33)
  Pierpaolo De Negri (ITA) (1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 28)
  Iuri Filosi (ITA) (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 (aged 22)
  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) (1992-09-04)4 September 1992 (aged 22)
  Manabu Ishibashi (JPN) (1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 22)
Rider Date of birth
  Shiki Kuroeda (JPN) (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (aged 22)
  Alessandro Malaguti (ITA) (1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 27)
  Nicolas Marini (ITA) (1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 21)
  Antonio Nibali (ITA) (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 22)
  Emanuele Onesti[N 1] (ITA) (1995-06-21)21 June 1995 (aged 19)
  Mattia Pozzo (ITA) (1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 25)
  Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA) (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 (aged 23)
  Antonio Viola (ITA) (1990-09-21)21 September 1990 (aged 24)
  Genki Yamamoto (JPN) (1991-11-19)19 November 1991 (aged 23)
  1. ^ Onesti joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Aran Cucine.

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
20 May Tour of Japan, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour   Nicolas Marini (ITA)   Japan Mino
31 May Giro d'Italia, Fair Play classification UCI World Tour [N 1]   Italy
19 June Tour of Slovenia, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Pierpaolo De Negri (ITA)   Slovenia Kočevje
11 September Tour de Hokkaido, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour   Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA)   Japan Asahikawa
12 September Tour de Hokkaido, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour   Daniele Colli (ITA)   Japan Biei
13 September Tour de Hokkaido, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour   Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA)   Japan Sapporo
13 September Tour de Hokkaido, Overall UCI Asia Tour   Riccardo Stacchiotti (ITA)   Japan
13 September Tour de Hokkaido, Points classification UCI Asia Tour   Daniele Colli (ITA)   Japan
13 September Tour de Hokkaido, Teams classification UCI Asia Tour [N 2]   Japan
6 October Tour of China I, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour   Daniele Colli (ITA)   China Wuhan
9 October Tour of China I, Overall UCI Asia Tour   Daniele Colli (ITA)   China
13 October Tour of China II, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour   Nicolas Marini (ITA)   China Shaoyang Langshan
14 October Tour of China II, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour   Nicolas Marini (ITA)   China Shaoshan
18 October Tour of China II, Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour   Nicolas Marini (ITA)   China Zhuhai

Footnotes

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References

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  1. ^ Barry Ryan (2 October 2014). "Cunego signs for Nippo-Vini Fantini". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
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