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Andrea Marchesini

Andrea Marchesini

Andrea's first love is spinning across Europe on two wheels. In the 1990’s, he completed over 100 mountain bike races. He’s also an expert mechanic, having owned and managed a bike shop for six years. But Andrea’s talents are not limited to bicycles. He excels in music and took his talents to India where his band performed to an audience of thousands and more recently to the glamours of Montecarlo where he’s been drumming regularly at the Hotel De Paris. For 5 years, Andrea lived in New York before settling back in coastal Liguria, his favourite cycling area.

Andrea has been with Ciclismo since 2000 and is the Trip Specialist for Croatia, Venice to Bologna, Austria, and Italian Alps the Easy Way (where he has family ties along the route!).

His personal network is so vast that if you are on tour with him, you may well meet a local celebrity. Once, he surprised his guests by inviting championship Italian cyclist Francesco Moser to dinner!

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