For the first time since 2004, Petacchi did not win the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, as the six-time reigning champion did not ride the event.
[18] On the same day as the monument classic Paris–Roubaix, Cunego won the Giro dell'Appennino race, outsprinting Emanuele Sella at the front of a seven-rider leading group.
[19] The team also sent squads to the Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano, the Gran Premio di Lugano, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke, Gent–Wevelgem, the Tour of Flanders, the Scheldeprijs, Paris–Roubaix, the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Giro di Toscana, but placed no higher than 12th in any of these races.
The team got their first win of the season at the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, the first race of the year held in Italy.
Pietropolli made a late selection on the uphill finish to stage 1 and won the sprint ahead of six others at the front of the race.
[20] The two succeeding stages also featured small sprint finishes, and Pietropolli made all the selections both days, ensuring his overall win.
Cunego rode the stage's finale in the team's best interests, marking Philippe Gilbert and Cadel Evans' separate attempts to bridge up to Scarponi in first position, but not helping either.
When it became clear that Scarponi would win, Cunego accelerated past Evans for second, giving the team the top two places on the day.
[26] The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali stage race was largely dominated by Androni Giocattoli and Emanuele Sella.
He limited his losses in the stage 1 individual time trial, coming home 12th at 27 seconds down on the winner Andreas Klöden.
[32] He finished sufficiently near the front of the race in stages 3 and 4 to claim victory by 7 seconds over Team RadioShack's Tiago Machado.
He was unable to hold his position, coming across the line eighth, but he was subsequently given a one-minute penalty for hitting FDJ's Nacer Bouhanni which put him dead last in the overall classification.
[34] He stayed at the front of the race for the sprint finish to stage 2, but lost to Astana's Valentin Iglinsky, a relatively unheralded rider.