Darfo Boario Terme will be the starting point of the first season of the renovated cycling project, Team TJ Sport, which is currently known as Lampre-Merida.

The first Chinese World Tour will get together in Darfo Boario Terme for a first meeting from the afternoon of Wednesday, November 2 to the afternoon of Friday, November 4.

The team meeting goals will be the introduction, by the means of single talk with each rider of the roster (Atapuma, Bono, Meintjes, Swift and the injured Conti will be absent), the structures of the technical staff, of the medical staff and of the health and performance team.

Moreover, there will be time for outlining the first draft of the races program, for checking the situation concerning the winter trainings and for collecting all the necessary info about the riders.The riders won’t ride their bikes during the team meeting.

“The team will face the 2017 season with even more enthusiasm and with some innovation, it is a great pleasure that we’ll be able to start our activity in Darfo Boario Terme once again," manager Giuseppe Saronni pointed out. "Thanks to Ezio Maffi and its partners, Darfo Boario Terme is a sort of second home for our team and in these years it has become  a benchmark of the cycling movement: we really thank those who have made this possible.

"We wish this team meeting can be useful as it has always been and that it can be a first step towards a season full of satisfactions."