LISTENING Luca Innocenzi returns and takes back the throne of Foligno. The cannibal, riding Otherwise for the Cassero district, wins the Quintana in Umbria and sets records, taking home his eleventh success like the greats of the Giostra Marcello Formica, Paolo Margasini, also former yellow-blues, and Paolo Giusti. Sixteen exploits in history for the Keep.
The race
After missing the last two Jousts of last year due to the daspo, the knight of Porta Solestà triumphs ahead of the other “Ascoli” Tommaso Finestra, young standard bearer of Sant’Emidio riding Romantic Walk for the Spada district. Many mistakes were made: in the third and final round only three districts remained: Spada, Giotti and Cassero. The ex from Sant’Emidio, Riccardo Raponi on Daytona Man of the Giotti district misses a ring in the last round, while Tommaso Finestra, after last year’s success, this time arrives in second place, confirming himself once again as the young most promising of all. And in the meantime Innocenzi fully enters the Olympus of Foligno’s greats.
«I am very happy for this victory, I dedicate it to all the people who have been close to me in recent months – says the rider -. I apologize again for the bad episode I was involved in last year.” At the start of the games Luca Morosini immediately came out for Mora, Lorenzo Savini from Porta Maggiore for Croce Bianca and Daniele Scarponi for Contrastanga. In the second round, Raul Spera goes out for Pugilli, Lorenzo Melosso from Porta Romana for the Badia district, Mario Cavallari from Piazzarola for Morlupo and the former black-green Mattia Zannori for the Ammanniti district, all punished by the rings. As for Foligno, we will talk about it again in September with the Giostra della Rivincita.
The tests
Attention shifts to the dates of the Quintana of Ascoli. Saturday 13 July will be the occasion for the night edition. And in view of the appointment the engines will be warming up this week. The riders of the six sestieri are called to the official trials on Wednesday at 9pm at the Squarcia field.
The other rides
Having gone to the Foligno archive, next week it’s the turn of the Saracino of Arezzo and the Niballo of Faenza. In Tuscany there is a jousting on Saturday. The news is at Porta Crucifera, which won the last Giostra, with the debutant Gabriele Innocenti, who takes over from Nicolò Paffetti, paired with Lorenzo Vanneschi. The other tandems have been confirmed: Davide Parsi and Francesco Rossi for Porta del Foro, Saverio Montini and Tommaso Marmorini for Sant’Andrea, the former Porta Tufilla player Elia Cicerchia and Gianmaria Scortecci for Santo Spirito. The protagonists in Romagna on Sunday will be: Luca Innocenzi for Borgo Durbecco, last year’s winner Marco Diafaldi for the Green district, Matteo Rivola for the Red, Gege Cela for the Yellow and Matteo Tabanelli for the Black.
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