01 Jul Mariani Italian Masters Champion – TEAM DA-TOR ISB
An exciting weekend for Lecco’s Team Da Tor/Isb society.
Andrea Mariani was in the spotlight, with the cyclist from President Mauro Cesana’s company celebrating the Italian Master cycling title. The Fci calendar proposed in Gorla Minore (Va) the Italian Amateur Championship, with 400 athletes at the start, of the competition that touched the Olona Valley. On the 97.5 km of the course, Andrea Mariani, finished second overall in the race reserved for amateur groups 17-39 years) winning the Italian title, in his category of Master 1 (30/34 years). Also competing was Luigi Filipazzi eighth master 7 (60/64 years old).
It was an intense and spectacular day that animated Livigno on this magnificent weekend at the end of June. There were 800 participants at the start, for the Granfondo, Livigno Alè la Merckx. The two variants of the course, both starting at the Aquagranda, Livigno’s Olympic Preparation Center, the flagship of the resort’s sports and tourism offerings, tested the athletes’ endurance, thanks to the presence of some technically challenging, albeit very rideable peaks, such as Forcola, Bernina, Umbrail and Foscagno.
In the Medio Fondo (106 km with 2050 m of elevation gain) excellent second place overall for Christian Martinelli, with teammate Matteo Moltoni (fourth overall) winning among the elitemasters (19/29 years old). Category winner, among masters 3 (40/44) our Aldo Barone, who files his race in 11th place. In the forty overall (35th) Alex Gianfranco Pini fifth in masters 2 (35/39). The others: 57^ Marco Tagliabue sixth master 3 (40/44); 84^ Luca Bonacina ninth master 3 (40/44); 87^ Dylan Parmesani twenty-seventh Elitemaster (19/29); 224^ Franco Divitini fourteenth master 7 (60/64); 287^ Renato Mainetti twentieth master 7 (60/64).
In the Granfondo (167 km with a dsl of 4300 mt) the Da-Tor/Isb team brand also shines at the evidence provided by Riccardo Zacchi and Francesco Figini, respectively sixth and seventh overall, as well as first and second in the master 2 (35/39) bracket. Bravo also to Alessandro Castelanelli (18th) who was second in the masters 3 (40/44).
