Domenico Pozzovivo is the main man at Colnago-CSF Inox.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Filippo Savini (Colngao-CSF Inox) has been at Bruno Reverberi's team all his career.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Filippo Savini (Colngao-CSF Inox) ready for action.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Simone Stortoni (Colnago-CSF Inox) is in his third season at the team.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Simone Stortoni (Colnago-CSF Inox) came close to victory on the Terminillo at the 2010 Giro.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Simone Stortoni (Colnago-CSF Inox) is ready for the 2011 campaign.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF Inox) is in his first year as a professional.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sasha Modolo (Colnago-CSF Inox) impressed in 2010.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Manuel Belletti (Colnago-CSF Inox) will be looking for more Giro glory in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Manuel Belletti (Colnago-CSF Inox) tasted Giro d'Italia stage glory in 2010.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Manuel Belletti (Colnago-CSF Inox) is one the squad's leaders.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Gianluca Brambilla (Colnago-CSF Inox) was born close to the route of the Tour of Lombardy.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Manuele Caddeo (Colnago-CSF Inox) arrives from the Slovenian Zheroquadro Radenska team.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Federico Canuti (Colnago-CSF Inox) is in his fourth season in the pro ranks.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Colnago-CSF Inox line-up for 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contoli (Colnago-CSF Inox) is growing in experience.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Marco Frapporti (Colnago-CSF Inox) won a stage of the Tour of Britain in 2010.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox) took a stage of the Girobio in 2010.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sasha Modolo and friend model the Colnago-CSF Inox kit.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Omar Lombardi (Colnago-CSF Inox) turns professional in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sasha Modolo (Colnago-CSF) is one of the bright young hopes of Italian cycling.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sasha Modolo (Colnago-CSF Inox) will be looking to pick up the wins with his fast finish in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sasha Modolo (Colnago-CSF Inox) will be hoping for another strong showing in Milan-San Remo.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Outwet supply base layers to Sasha Modolo, Domenico Pozzovivo, Manuel Belletti and their Colnago-CSF Inox teammates.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Simone Stortoni (Colnago-CSF Inox) is ready for the 2011 campaign.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Colnago-CSF Inox enjoyed an impressive 2010 season, with Manuel Belletti taking a stage win at the Giro d'Italia, Domenico Pozzovivo hitting a rich vein of form in the summer and Sasha Modolo emerging as one of the yea's genuine revelations. The Italian squad is now gearing up for 2011 hoping to build on its successes of the past twelve months.
Bruno Reverberi's team will again look to the triumvirate of Belletti, Pozzovivo and Modolo to hit the headlines in 2011. Assuming the team receives an invitation, Pozzovivo will be hopeful of shining at the Giro. After crashing out early on last time around, he will be determined to make amends on a route that seems ideally suited to his talents as a climber.
Belletti took a fine stage win into Cesenatico in 2010 and he too will be looking to make an impact at the Giro, while young Sasha Modolo may well feature in the sprints. Modolo was a surprising fourth in Milan-San Remo last March and he looks set to be a prominent figure on the Italian calendar.
The team also boasts four new professionals in its 2011 line-up - Angelo Pagani, Andrea Pasqualon, Paolo Locatelli and Omar Lombardi - and usual Reverberi's men will target success on the Italian calendar as a means of winning invitations to the bigger events.
Colnago-CSF Inox kicks off its 2011 season at the Tour of Langkawi on January 23, before taking its European bow at the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria-Challenge Calabria on January 29.
Colnago-CSF Inox team for 2011:
Manuel Belletti, Domenico Pozzovivo, Sasha Modolo, Manuele Caddeo, Andrea Piechele, Marco Frapporti, Federico Canuti, Gianluca Brambilla, Stefano Pirazzi, Simone Stortoni, Filippo Savini, Alberto Contoli, Angelo Pagani, Andrea Pasqualon, Paolo Locatelli and Omar Lombardi.
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Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.
