One part of our team started season in Belgium, second head to Switzerland. There waited two races of first category Gran Premio dell'Insubria and GP Lugano. Our riders didnt lost.
In the Gran Premio dell'Insubria won Francesco Ginanni from Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli. Our best riders Martin Mares and Patrik Sinkewitz resulted with the same time like the winner on 27. and 52. place.
In the second race rained and was cold weather. Our riders had more defects. "With lot of problems we had often to follow the peloton. It was very tiring," announced Martin Mares.
Results: Gran Premio dell'Insubria - 1. Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.12.51 hod, 2. Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce, 3. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, 4. Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Centri della Calzatura, 5. Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld , 27. Martin Mareš (Cze), 52. Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) – stejný čas, 101. Leopold König (Cze) +0.27, 118. František Paďour (Cze), 119. Jakub Danačík (Cze) oba +1.11, 135. Petr Benčík (Cze), 136. Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) oba +1.17 - všichni PSK Whirlpool-Author.
GP Lugano - 1. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis 4.34.46 h, 2. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli, 3. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam, 4. Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step, 5. Peter Velits (Svk) Milram.