Team Flaminia has dominated the second stage of the Coppi Bartali over night with Italian star Ricardo Ricco showing that even with 18 months out of competition he still can make a bike race rivetingly exciting and take it to the competition with attacks that can only be described as Pantani-esque. A race previously won by Daminano Cunego in 2009 and Cadel Evans in 2008 has tough climbing and is usually won by the most aggressive rider thus suited to a climber like Ricco.

The team displayed supreme power at the head of the peloton with their BIANCHI 928 SL ISAP clearly governing the pace and at the start of the penultimate climb it was Team Flaminia who turned the screws and exploded the bunch to pieces. As the climb got harder it was time for the Ricco Show and he attacked with confidence. See pics attached of just how aggressive his move was assisted only by the pure perfection of his Bianchi frame! The attack was far too strong for the crème of the peloton to go with him and he rode away.

Rossi 3rd in Giro del Friuli

Team Flaminia scored another top result for 2010 in todays Italian cat 1.1. race, the Giro del Friuli.

Bianchi T-Cube = Fast Finisher

Michael Matthews has easily wrapped up his second stage win aboard his Bianchi T-Cube in the Tour of Langkawi. The stage from Pekan to Mersing was 145km long and although a number of  breakaway attempts it came down to a bunch kick where the Jayco-Skins' 'stylin maestro' won with apparent ease, again beating the likes of Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies) and ISD-Neri's Ukranian powerhouse Dmytro Grabovskyy, who finished second and third respectively. Asia's leading sprint light Anuar Manan added another top five performance to his tally, finishing fourth in front of former ProTour rider René Hasselbacher (Corratec-Vorarlberg)

In its 125th anniversary year, Bianchi got off to a fantastic start in the international road race calendar thanks to the impressive results achieved worldwide by Team Jayco Skins and the AIS Women Road Team, both equipped with Celeste bikes.
 
On Monday March 1st, Aussie Michael Matthews - equipped with the new Bianchi 928 Carbon T-Cube - won a hectic bunch sprint at the end of the 174.5 km first stage of the Tour de Langkawi, in Malaysia. Team Jayco Skins’ rider claimed an outstanding win ahead of Spaniard Vidal Cells (Footon Servetto) with Ruslan Tieubayev (KAZ) third.