Vincenzo Nibali and Rohan Dennis get the wheels rolling ahead of the new year
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Vincenzo Nibali speaks with media at the Bahrain-Merida team camp(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Rohan Dennis gets ready to ride with his new team, Bahrain-Merida(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Paolo Slongo chats with riders at Bahrain-Merida team camp(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Slovenian champion Matej Mohoric will be back for a second year with Bahrain-Merida in 2019.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Rohan Dennis gets rolling with Bahrain-Merida in Croatia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Even the shoes get some TLC at team camp(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Brent Copeland gets a look at the new Bahrain-Merida roster this week in Croatia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali puts in some media time at Bahrain-Merida team camp in Croatia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Franco Pellizotti and Yukiya Arashiro share a laugh(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Paolo Slongo gets things organised at Bahrain-Merida team camp(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Damiano Caruso is one of Bahrain-Merida's new recruits from BMC Racing(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mark Padun rides with his new teammates from BMC Racing(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Domenico Pozzovivo getting things together for a ride in Croatia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Matej Mohoric and Vincenzo Nibali get rolling at team camp(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Matej Mohoric and Vincenzo Nibali get reacquainted at Bahrain-Merida team camp(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Franco Pellizotti assumes his new posture as team director(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Bahrain-Merida riders get ready to roll at team camp in Croatia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ivan Garcia will be back for a third year with Bahrain-Merida next year(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Phil Bauhaus joined Bahrain-Merida from Team Sunweb(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Lots of fresh product for riders at team cmap(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Everything has a place(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Matej Mohoric gets ready for a ride at team cmap(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Yukiya Arashiro (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali in Croatia at team cmap(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Rohan Dennis gets his equipment sorted before a ride at the Bahrain-Merida camp(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Rohan Dennis has a lot of new teammates to meet at Bahrain-Merida(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Personalised baggage for Mr. Nibali(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sonny Colbrelli will be back for a third year with the team next year(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Every detail is checked during the early days of team camp(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Kristijan Koren dials in his computer(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
2019 Bahrain-Merida riders get ready to roll at Team Camp in Croatia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Yukiya Arashiro on the road for another year with Bahrain-merida(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A pensive-looking Vincenzo Nibali gets ready for team camp in Croatia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Following a day of medical tests at the IRR Rehabilitations Institute of Turin, riders for Bahrain-Merida are spending this week on the Croatian island of Hvar for a first full training camp with the 2019 roster.
Star rider Vincenzo Nibali and new recruit Rohan Dennis were on hand and ready to greet their new teammates. Bahrain-Merida added eight new riders in 2019, including three from the former BMC Racing Team: Dennis, Damiano Caruso and Dylan Teuns.
Also new to the team this year are Marcel Sieberg from Lotto Soudal, Jan Tratnik from CCC Sprandi Polkowice, Phil Bauhaus from Team Sunweb, Andrea Garosio from d'Amico-Utensilnord and Stephen Williams from SEG Racing Academy. The team are also breaking in rider-turned-director Franco Pellizotti in his new role.
Click or swipe through the Bettini photo gallery above for a glimpse of this week's camp.
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