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Bottecchia Granfondo - city of Vicenza

A new event signed by Bottecchia. The 22nd April, the 12th Bottecchia Granfondo - city of Vicenza will take place. Two tracks to test yourselves together with your bike: you can choose between the medium track, 106 km, with a total drop of 1.162m, and the long track, 149 km, with a total drop of 2.158m. Furthermore, for all those who want to ride at one’s leisure by enjoying the beauty of Palladian Villas and the Berici hills, there is a French cycling track of 62 km. For more information www....

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Bottecchia Cicli stops the sponsorship with Acqua & Sapone

After years of emotions and successes, the sponsorship between Acqua&Sapone, Masciarelli and De Paolis, and Bottecchia Cicli conducted from Diego Turato, finishes. The collaboration with the historical brand had important moments such as the Tirreno Adriatico win on 2012 with Garzelli, the time trial in Plan de Corones during the Giro d’Italia, the green jersey gained during the Giro too, and the wins of two young, Betancour and Taborre, athletes which we’ll talk about in the future. “They hav...

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Acqua&Sapone first meeting

The athletes and the team Acqua&Sapone will meet in Abruzzo on November the 30th . The team will stay there only a couple of days but they will program the 2012 competitive plans and they will give to the athletes the first part of the material. For next season the team will include Garzelli, Betancur, Ciavatta, Di Paolo, Donati, Andrea and Simone Masciarelli, Napolitano, Marzoli, Proni, Taborre, Corioni, Codol, Miholjevic, Ginanni and Reda. “ We have a great mix of athletes with experience –...

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Emme2 Tricolore 150°

A new project, totally MADE IN ITALY, design, prototype, production and painting. The new Emme 2 frame has been studied in collaboration with Acqua&Sapone Professional Team, so to satisfy the needs of the athletes during the hardest competitions in the world. The essential design of this frame come from the test and the experience of some athletes such as Garzelli, Paolini, Codol and so on. New incredible technologies, both on the tubes production, from aeronautical derivation, and their assembl...

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94th Giro dell'Emilia

First professional victory for the young Colombian athlete of the Acqua & Sapone Caffè Mokambo Team. The 22 years old Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez won the 94th Giro dell’Emilia, the classic of Fall, with a climb arrival on Colle San Luca, in the province of Bologna. The promising young of the red ended its race after 5h 5’ 05” ahead Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) and Rigoberto Uran (Sky Team), left behind of 24”. In forth position Davide Rebellin, in tenth position Vincenzo Nibali and in twen...

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Super 8Avio

Super8Avio is a mix between lightness and aerodynamics, stiffness and stability. This bike represents the perfect union of the aerodynamics concepts of chrono bikes in the front, and the biomechanical studies in the back to ensure the best performances and comfort. With this new project Bottecchia has realized a frame able to satisfy the needs of the athlete dedicated to marathon, combining experience and latest characteristics and technology. We resumed in the back the concepts of EMME2, revis...

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Memorial Pantani 2011

An incredible sprint, at only 500 mt from the finishing line, permits Fabio Taborrre to gain the Memorial Pantani 2011. Taborre, from Pescara, professional rider from 2009, realized its dream: to win the semi-classic race dedicated to its idol Marco Pantani. Second position for the forty-year-old Davide Rebellin, third position for the Irish talent Daniel Martin, and forth position for the Italian champion Giovanni Visconti. Good team performance for the athletes of the Acqua & Sapone Caff&egr...

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GP of Camaiore

The abruzzese Fabio Taborre wins with a great sprint the 62nd edition of Gran Premio Città di Camaiore on the 6th August. The twenty-six rider of Acqua&Sapone Caffè Mokambo team has achieved his first victory as professionist, leaving back Simone Stortoni of Colnago Csf Inox, and Davide Rebellin, Miche. The classical versiliese race of 199,2 km has seven passages on Monte Pitoro and it has seen as protagonist the red athlete, who got the upper hand on the Italian champion Giovanni...

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GP of Carnago

The Seprio Circuit has been the location of the 40th edition of Gran Premio Industria Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese – Targa d’oro Carrozzeria Blue Flame, the classical meeting of August for professional cycling. The 199,7 km course has seen the Columbian athlete Carlos Alberto Betancur Gómez of Acqua&Sapone Caffè Mokambo team in 5th position, only 1” from the Italian champion Giovanni Visconti.

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GP NOBILI RUBINETTERIE

A landslide second place for Danilo Napolitano, during the first day of the GP Nobili Rubinetterie. Città di Stresa Cup, that took place on 15th July, has seen the athletes of the Acqua & Sapone Caffè Mokambo Team to have a lead role. Rafaa Chtioui was the author a long breakaway of about 100 km together with the other athletes, so to gained more than 4’ 30”. Danilo Napolitano was the author of the final sprint and he gained the second position after Elia Viviali (Liquigas). Du...

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Green jersey in solidarity

The captain of Acqua&Sapone Caffè Mokambo, demonstrated to be a champion also in the life and not only on the sport, by giving away the green jersey gained during the 94th Giro d’Italia to Francesco Rava Foundation, so to catch up funds to built again the streets schools at Haiti. From 24th to 30th June, the 5 green jersey gained by Stefano Garzelli, gone under the hammer on ebay. The money raised from the champion’s jerseys has been completely donated to Francesco Rava N.P.H Italia Onlu...

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Italian championships

The Italian Championship for professional racers took place last 25th June in Sicily and the tricolore jersey has been worn by the Italian Giovanni Visconti, Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli Team, with 5h 34’ 46”. Bad day for the Acqua & Sapone Caffè Mokambo Team, as the athletes Alessandro Proni and Paolo Ciavatta has been involved on a bad fault where the had serious fractures. They diagnosed to Alessandro Proni a fracture on the shoulder blade and some lesions to three vertebrae and to f...

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Tour of Slovenia

From 16th to 19th May, Proni, Ciavatta, Chtioui, Di Paolo, Donati, Corioni e Miholjevic were racing the Giro di Slovenia. Alessandro Proni, differentiated himself on the “Giro”, divided into 4 stages, by gaining the 17th position on the general classification. Good performance also from Claudio Corioni, who crossed the line in the 8th position during the second day of the race and in the 12th position during the last stage.

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Garzelli gained the green jersey on the 94th Giro d’Italia

9 lead points on Alberto Contador gave the opportunity to the captain of the Acqua & Sapone Caffè Mokambo team to wear the green jersey of the 94th Girod’Italia. Stefano Garzelli, 38 years old, from Varese, gave us a proof of its worth and experience by wearing the green jersey form the 15th stage of the Giro, where he was the first to cross the Giau Pass, 2236 m high and the prestigious Cima Coppi. The champion, winning of the Giro d’Italia in 2000, gave us proof of its abilities duri...

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The green jersey for Garzelli on stage 15

Stefano Garzelli, the captain of the Acqua&Sapone Caffè Mokambo Team, gained the green jersey and Cima Coppi, on 15th Giro d’Italia stage. This high mountain stage started from Conegliano in the direction of Gardeccia, crossing Cima Coppi on Giau pass, followed from Fedaia. Big performance of the captain, who lead the race for a lot of time, but pay on the final kilometres and cross the line in second position. 229 km for the hardest mountain stage of the Giro, lasted more than 7 hours, e...

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Granfondo Bottecchia

More than 1000 participants at Bottecchia Granfondo city of Vicenza, divided into 2 tracks of 155 km and 115 km, and on the touristic track “Vicenza Villas Tour”. The beautiful city of Caldogno received the athletes, who raced difficult tracks, even stronger due to the first warm days of the season (33° max). The Russian Alexander Bazhenov from ASD Granfondo del Diavolo crossed the line of the long track for first, leaving behind him Alessandro Bertuola from the Viner Factory Team Nautilus. For...

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Garzelli at Giro d’Italia

The list of the athletes enrolled to the 94th Giro d’Italia, from 7th to 29th May, is now official. Stefano Garzelli will ride with the number one and will start the time trial. This will be the first race of the Giro d’Italia, starting from Venarla Reale palace up to Vittorio Veneto square in Turin.

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Acqua&Sapone Caffè Mokambo at Giro d’Italia

The Acqua&Sapone Caffè Mokambo line up for the 94th Giro d’Italia, will be captained from Stefano Garzelli, which will ride with the number one. Together with him Vladimir, Miholjevic, Massimo Codol, Danilo Napoletano, Claudio Corioni, the Abruzzi Ruggero marzoli and Fabio Taborre, and the two young Colombian Cayetano Sarmiento and Carlo Betancur. Cinghialta and Gini, the team managers, will stay on the flagship.

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Coppi and Bartali International week

Claudio Corioni surprisingly won the second stage of the Coppi and Bartali international week. When it was 2 km far from the finishing line, as studied, him and his Tunisian team-mate Rafai Chtioui gone to the head, in progression, to carry on the breakaway. Rafai was tired out by carrying on the breakaway till 600 meters and Corioni scuttled away to the finishing line. A very good race for the Acqua & Sapone Caffè Mocambo athletes Corioni said: I have to share this win with Raffaa Chti...

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Team Presentation

Monday 7th March, the Acqua & Sapone Caffè Mokambo team presentation has taken place in Rome for the 2011 season. The Ceremony has been celebrated at Palazzo Madama, seat of the Italian Republic Senate. The athletes and the social initiatives of the team, captained from Garzelli and Napolitano, have been introduced in the presence of the Senator Tommasini, in occasion of the “Sport, Cycling and Health to prevent diabetes” event.

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Milano-Sanremo

Good presentation of Acqua&Sapone team athletes on the longest race of the year. A selective track, of about 300 km, where Matthew Goss (Htc) has been the protagonist. The Australian won the Milano Sanremo 102nd edition by winning the final sprint against the Swiss Cancellara and the Belgian Gilbert. Nothing to do for the Italian athletes. The Acqua & Sapone line-up was composed of Ciavatta, Codol, Corioni, Donati, Marzoli, S. Masciarelli, Napolitano and Taborre. Unfortunatly this “Classicis...

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Tirreno Adriatico

From 9th to 15th March, Acqua & Sapone team, by riding its Emme 2 and SP9 team, will be engaged on Tirreno Adriatico. Stefano Garzelli must defend its title from the opposings. Garzelli, Ciavatta, Codol, Donati, Miholjievic, Napolitano, Proni and Taborre, will be lined up front-row. We expect big emotions!

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