Footon Servetto 3rd in Cesenatico Stage 13 Giro D’Italia

Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Footon-Servetto) taking third place in a sprint from an early breakaway

Stage 13 Giro D'Italia  - In the stage dedicated to Marco Pantani and finishing in his home town it was another local who took out the stage, Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox pipped Sky Team s Gregory Henderson for first place with Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Footon-Servetto) taking third place in a sprint from an early breakaway.

Cipollini sports Salice in stage preview

Cipollini previews a stage of the Giro in his Salice sunglasses

Kirsty Broun on the Podium again!

Kirsty Broun (Aus) leads the attack

Australian Team member Kirsty Broun rounded out the Podium again in Belgium with an outstanding 3rd place in the Omloop Van Borsele.

The final placings were identical to the Ronde Van Gelderland held earlier this month, with Kirstin Wild (Cervelo Test team) in first and Rochelle Gilmore (Lotto Ladies) in second place.

Rose fever around the riders of SMP Saddles

Rose fever around the riders of SMP Saddles continues. Thanks  to the Gold Generation of the Footon-Servetto-Fuji the SMP Saddles reached the place in the first line at Giro d’Italia 2010. 

The 93^rd edition of the rose race which unusually starts at Amsterdam, Holland, will see also the characteristic and  inimitable saddle with its original beak tip and central canal which make all the products of Franco and Maurizio Schiavon brothers’ company from Padua unique and  unmistakable. The television images transmitted worldwide and watched by over 350 millions of spectators will exalt the product that is already appreciated very much by anyone who had tried the comfort of the innovative SMP Saddles.  

The nine bikers of Footon- Servetto-Fuji chosen by Mauro Gianetti for Giro d’Italia, out of any scheme and ready to gain the victory are as follows:

101 (the number on the shirt) Ermanno…

Garzelli snatches the trophy at Tirreno Adriatico!

Garzelli congratulated on his win by his Acqua e Sapone Teammate

Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) took out the win on the final stage of the Tirreno Adriatico in a very close finish for the overall title.

Erasing his two second deficit to the leader Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli) the riders in fact finished tied on time although stage placings gave the overall victory to Garzelli for his first career Tirreno-Adriatico victory. The winner of the mountains classification at the 2009 Giro he also reversed last years result which saw Scarponi win by 25 seconds.

Australia's Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) rounded out the GC podium in third place, 12 seconds behind Garzelli.