Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

Gianni Savio has been signing more Italians lately and that may be due to a change in sponsorships. Sprinter Angelo Furlan formerly of Liquigas, Italian Santo Anza and Columbian Fredy “so fast he only needs one d” Gonzalez were signed to the squad to join such veterans as Vlad “Casius” Belli. They round out the squad to 20 riders which will be 19 after the Giro when Jose Rujano joins Quick-Step.

Gone is the main sponsorship of Columbia as Selle Italia takes primary sponsor position. New sponsor Serramenti Diquigiovanni a leader in PVC pipes and such.

The squad is currently racing in Venezuela with Fredy Gonzales, Huberlino Mesa, Alberto Loddo, Nilton Ortiz, Fredy Paredes, Walter Pedraza and Rolando Trujillo.

Here is the full squad:

1) ANZA’ Santo (Ita)
2) AXSELSONN Niklas (Swe)
3) BARBERO Sergio (Ita)
4) BELLI Vladimir (Ita)
5) FURLAN Angelo (Ita)
6) GIALLORENZO Mariano (Ita)
7) GIRALDO Alexandr (Col)
GONZALEZ Fredy (Col)
9) ILLIANO Raffaele (Ita)
10) LODDO Alberto (Ita)
11) MESA Huberlino (Col)
12) MISSAGLIA Gabriele (Ita)
13) NOSOTTI Diego (Ita)
14) ORTIZ Nilton (Col)
15) PAREDES Freddy (Col)
16) PEDRAZA Walter (Col)
17) RUJANO Josè (Col)
18) SCHNYDER Philippe (Swi)
19) SIMON Edgardo (Arg)
20) TRUJLLO Rolando (Col)

Selle Italia: la squadra di Savio si rinforza – Yahoo! Sport IT

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