Androni Giocattoli’s Alessandro De Marchi was runner up on Bianchi Oltre at Giro d'Italia's stage-16, 174 km from Limone sul Garda to Falzes (South Tyrol), on Tuesday, May 22nd. On the latest climb, Italian rider went really close to recover the gap from Spanish Jon Izagirre, then outsprinted Dutch Stef Clement.

De Marchi had already achieved a podium at Giro's stage-14, 206 km from Cherasco to Cervinia (Northern Italy), taking third.

At 2012 Giro team Androni Giocattoli, equipped with Bianchi Oltre bikes, also clinched two victories with Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez in Porto Sant’Elpidio (stage6) and Roberto Ferrari in Montecatini Terme (stage11), a further second position with Fabio Felline in Frosinone (stage 9) and a fourth with Ferrari himself in the second stage, featuring start and arrival in Herning (Denmark).

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