Another spectacular edition of Alpago Bike Funtastic has been archived, the mountain event proposed in Lamosano di Chies d’Alpago by the local cycling club. Three days of competitions, with 800 competitors at the start, coming from different Italian regions and from some European and non-European nations: Costa Rica, Albania, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Holland, New Zealand, Russia, Slovenia and Sweden.
It started on Friday 28 June with the Italian Team Relay Championship, a race that saw the overall victory of Scott Racing Team, a quintet composed of Elia Rial, Lorenzo Trincheri, Giulia Rinaldoni, Giada Martinoli and Matteo Siffredi, while at youth level the Italian title went to the Piacenza team Gaga Bike (Marco Soprani, Giacomo Santoni, Riccardo Bianchi and Valentina Bravi) and in the amateur category to Team Todesco which lined up Gabriel Depaul, Andrea Mantovani, Olga Camedda and Elia Lorenzi.
The fourth and final stage of the Internazionali d’Italia Series, the most important Italian mountain bike circuit, took place on Saturday 29th. Victory for Slovenian Tanja Zakely in the Open women’s race, ahead of Nicole Pesse and Lucrezia Braida, with Giorgia Marchet fourth and winner of the final standings of the Internazionali d’Italia Series. In the men’s race, success for Russian Anton Sintsov ahead of Nadir Colledani and Gioele Bertolini. The latter won the final general standings of the Internazionali d’Italia Series.
On the last day, Sunday 30, at Alpago Bike Funtastic the youth categories were the protagonists with a national race dedicated to Beginners and Students. Below are the winners. Second year students: Giorgia Pellizotti (Sanfiorese) and Filippo Grigolini (Jam’s bike team Buja). First year students: Nicole Righetto (Velociraptors) and Roberto Pinna (Santa Cruz). Second year beginners: 1. Tajda Sostarko (Slovenia) and Joel Philippot (Lupi Valle d’Aosta). First year beginners: 1. Irene Righetto (Velociraptors) and Davide Quattrone (Ciclistica Rostese).
Also on Sunday, there was space for the zero edition of Alpago Bike & Food, an excursion open to all to discover the paths of Alpago and local gastronomic products.
“The balance of this edition of Alpago Bike Funtastic is positive, starting from the numbers: we had almost 800 competitors, coming from 15 nations” explains Paolo Zanon, president of the Società Ciclistica Chies, an organization that has been involved in organizing mountain bike events for over thirty years. “The variations we proposed to the route, to make it more in line with modern stands, were greatly appreciated by the competitors: I believe that this appreciation is the greatest gratification for the organizing staff and for the over one hundred volunteers who worked during these three days. We also proposed a series of collateral events, including Alpago Bike & Food, in collaboration with the association Il Veses, Keepsporting and Fiab: a great opportunity to promote the area. The future? We would like to bring a European youth championship to the trails of Lamosano”.
