Oh, yeah, you're right, the official Bianchi website shows a different stem. My bike looks like this floor model from Cambridge Bicycles, with the same type of stem:





Maybe the stem angle is lower than I quoted, but you get the idea. Looking at the head tube of the bike in the picture, that must be a 49 or 52 cm frame. Mine is a 57 cm, and I use my seat higher than the picture (the seat goes higher than the handlebars). My goals is to get at least the seat and handlebars at the same height, and then have some adjustability (up or down) to play with for comfort.

Edit: on second look, now I realize my stem does not really have an angle: it's the angle of the steerer tube that makes it look like the stem rises a little. I have to start paying more attention to my parts.

At any rate, this is what I had in mind as one alternative:



Then I can choose (and fine tune) any angle that feels comfortable, depending on what I'm using the bike for.