Bianchi will be on the 2012 Giro d'Italia's starting line with two different teams: alongside Vacansoleil-DCM World Tour team (above), Androni Giocattoli will have the opportunity to repeat last year's deeds after getting one of the wild cards released by RCS Sport, pink race's organizer, on Tuesday, January 10th.

Two-time Italian team championship winner Androni Giocattoli, equipped with Bianchi Oltre model, was in the spotlight at 2011 Giro d'Italia nearly every day. Gianni Savio's athletes achieved fifteen Top-10 placements (clinching 2 second, 1 third, 5 fourth and 1 fifth positions) and won two stages. Venezuelan Josè Rujano claimed an unforgettable feat on the Grossglockner top mountain finish and the seventh place overall. Italian Professional team has been invited even at Giro di Lombardia, another World Tour race organized by RCS Sport and scheduled on September 29th.

Androni Giocattoli riders and staff met for the first training camp in Cesenatico, Italy, on December 9th-18th. The Italian Pro Continental team will officially open the racing season on January 23rd, at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina and on January 25th at Tour de India.

Colombia Coldeportes, the new Pro Continental road team supplied by Bianchi with the Sempre model, has been invited to enter three RCS Sport’s World Tour events: Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Sanremo and Giro di Lombardia. The Colombian team has been chosen due to the high expectation of his Colombian riders. Team manager Claudio Corti and Coldeportes are building a completely new team that can reach the highest level in performance cycling in the next years and Bianchi is proud partner and official bike sponsor of this project.

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