A real treasure in my Collection

 A week ago or so I got very lucky when I received a Jersey from no less than Emanuele Sella in Team Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela. I have a very long time admired Emanule when I think he is a true fighter on the bike. Very often during races he is in a breakaway and always tries to make the race worth for the Team. He is also a true and loyal member to the others in the Team and always fights for them.

I have meet Emanuele several times, the last time last year at Il Lombardia and he has always been friendly and he is a very generous fellow. When I wrote to him and asked if it was possible for me to obtain a jersey with the numbers left on the jersey, he told me that he unfortunately was done with races this year. But instead would he send me the jersey he had during the last stage of this years Giro d´Italia. He also signed the numbers for me as well the jersey on the front.

For me it has been a dream to have a jersey that a rider of the Giro d´Italia have used, and who could believe that I would get the great Emanuele Sellas jersey?

 

 

//Fritz

Helmet - Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela

Look what a Beauty I recieved last day, this is the official helmet for the Team Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, not a replica. Unfortunately is this not for sale in the shops (in this colours), The model is a TEC Quadriga and I must say that it´s the most comfurtable helmet I ever had.

I can finally retire my helmet from Kask and use the proper one when I ride one of my bikes from Androni Giocattoli =)

//Fritz

Finally!

Yes! This bike is now in my possession! Do you Think I am happy? Yes, I am ! Former bike of Diego Rosa . Marvelous!

/Fritz

My Bikes

Here are almost all of the Bikes I have in my basement, I will show them better in the Future.

 

 

Bianchi HoC 928 SL IASP - Team Flaminia

A MTB that I have, don´t remember the Team

Bianchi B4P 928 T-Cube - Team Barlworld (was a spare frame for the Team)

Vintage Bianchi from 1974

Bianchi B4P Sempre - Team Colombia Coldeportes

Bianchi C2C Infinito - Team Vacansoleil Steijn Devolders frame (under Construction)

Bianchi Freccia Celeste - Team Liquigas Bianchi (during its Construction, ready since many years) Vladimir Miholjevics Frame

Bianchi ML3 - Team Alessio Bianchi

Bianchi HoC Oltre - Team Androni Giocattoli / Alessandro De Marchis old Bike

MTB Bianchi CX Sport

MTB Bianchi Martini Racing

I hope you like them, more to come later

/Fritz

Odd stuff

To collect on items attached to Teams that used Bianchi have some really odd wishes for the collector. I know that some items are more highly appreciated than other stuff. As and example would it be a dream to have a Jersey with the numbers on the back from a rider in a Bianchi Team, not any race the bigger race the better the Jersey would be. As an example is Marco Pantanis Jersey (one of them) out on sale on Ebay at the moment, it´s his Jersey from 1998 when he won the overall Classification, price? Only Euro 6000 a bargain in my opinion =)

Here I got the Stickers from Gianni and Danielo

But if you can´t get the race jersey from a rider there is other stuff, that atleast me, that have a high value. In 2012 when I meet the Team Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela at the Giro d´Italia in Denmark, Team Manager Gianni Savio gave me two kind of stickers from the Team. The first one is an ordinary sticker that you put onto a Jersey when you achieve the leader jersey of a race, you put the sticker on too the Jersey before you go to the podium and get the jersey.

Team Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 2012

  The other sticker is a one that you can use a iron to put on the Jersey so you can wear it on next days stage. Bigger races have their own printmachine so they make the leader jersey for each team. But smaller Races have to use this one. I think it´s pretty rare to own such stickers, what do you think?

Team Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela iron version 2012

Next items that I value high is the numbers from the riders which was attached to their bikes during a race, I had the opportunity to attend the Tour of Estonia 2013, and the mechanic of Androni kindly removed the numbers for me after the last stage, why I miss two numbers are that two riders of the Team made a DNF and when they leave the race, the numbers will be removed from the Jersey and the bike.

Race numbers for the bike

Here you can see the number 13, Matteo Di Serafinos bike during Tour of Estonia

Have a nice day

Fritz

Musettes / Food bags

Most collectors of Bike memorabilia also looking for the Musettes / food bags (In Swedish "Slungor") which during races contains food and something to drink for the riders, in those you have their lunch or just new energy. In a race when they give those to the riders, the first kilometres after they have been given to the riders is the best place to get them. You can´t find them in other places and if you as me can´t go to Italy or France every year, you have to depend on other collectors or Ebay.

I am always on the hunt for more Musettes, so if you have one or two send me an email. =) I hve already displayed the Musettes from Team Androni Giocattoli so you have to look in an older post to see them,

 

Team Barloworld - 2009

Team Colombia Coldeportes - 2012

 

Team Gewiss Bianchi - 1987-1989

Team Gewiss Bianchi 1987 - 1989

Team Liquigas - Bianchi  - 2005

Team Liquigas - 2006

Team Mercatone Uno - 1998

Team Vacansoleil - DCM 2012 - 2013

That´s all at the moment I hope that I can show you one more of my bikes later today.

Best
Fritz

Bianchi HoC Oltre Team Androni Giocattoli 2011

Here is a lot of photos of my bike that I bought in the spring of 2012. During 2011 it was used by Alessandro De Marchi in the Team. The condition of the bike was excellent and I enjoy every moment I spend on it. As always if you click on the image you will see it in full size. The photos was taken on the same day I got the bike. Today it´s signed by all the riders of Androni - Giro d´Italia 2012 and the Team which was racing the Tour of Estonia in 2013.

 

More to come later.

//Fritz