The Biellese team has been present on the MTB race fields for 2019 for years and has been greatly renewed both in the roster of athletes and in the technical supporters as can already be seen in the title team which now sees Bright Racing Shocks alongside Vittoria (ciclyng shoes & helmets).
Source: press release
The professionally managed and structured elite team, always trained by Saverio Ottolini and his Sport Attitude center in Verbania, is made up of excellent value Elite, Under23 and Juniores category riders, who have distinguished themselves in international, national and regional competitions and circuits. and who also wore tricolor and blue jerseys in XCO with calls for World Cups and Internationals, races that some of them have played for years. Our experience is now ten years old and after the first years in XCO with also appearances in the World Cup with Juniors and U23 and excellent results in the Granfondo, from 2014 to 2018 we were then mainly present in Marathon and Granfondo races which brought us two titles national Marathon and presence in the National at the World Marathon with the elite Valentina Frasisti now emigrated to the USA for study, as well as victories and podiums in the Piedmont and national circuits, even with some Masters.
The novelties of this year begin with the athletes because in 2019 we will re-enter the important XCO races with the arrival of the Bonetto brothers, the Under23 Francesco and the Elite Edoardo present for years in the XCO World Cup who will surely be at the start in the tests. Europeans on the circuit and in International competitions, with of course the Italian XCO Championship with the aim of being among the best; Young Juniors Matteo Revelchione will also be important as XCOs, whom we have reconfirmed after a first year in the category with good results (he won the Piedmont MTB Cup circuit) and who will support the “Bonetto Brothers” in some international races and will do the best national ones.
To complete the roster there are the Elite Alessandro Ferrarotti (former proff strada) and new entry and the young Claudia Peretti reconfirmed in the team, who will take part in the Granfondo and Marathon of the Northwest MTB and Marathon Bike Cup circuits, plus some Italian races also of World Cup Marathon thus giving a complete presence to technical and non-technical sponsors, while the other Elite Andrea Marcello will be able to return to these races as soon as he recovers from an injury remedied in training. The technical innovations are also important because we will be Parkpre factory team with the Tuscan brand that will support us with its performing front and full frames, as is the confirmation of the Roman brand Bright Racing Shocks for the special F929 xCO inverted forks that we already had supplied and which from this year also becomes title sponsor with Vittoria cycling shoes & helmets which supplies us with all the clothing and accessories, while Vicenza's Wheels Bike for wheels, WTB for tires and Effetto Mariposa for accessories for tubeless tires are also confirmed, in addition there is the novelty of the support from Shimano with assistance to the Bonetto brothers and the team, such as the support of the banger and accessories of Barzotto. Finally, thanks go to Lepontia by Cheula for the two years of fruitful collaboration.