Thirtieth Italian Championship Downhill in Viola Saint Grèe (CN): the sky covered by clouds and the crisp air accompanied the whole day. Yesterday qualifying was held, made spectacular by the very varied, long and physical route, as well as many twists and turns that saw many enduro athletes among the protagonists.
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Starting at 1600 meters and finishing at 1050, the Black Line course proved to be very technical since the day of qualifying, when still wet from the rain that had fallen in the previous days, it put more than a few runners in difficulty in the stony ground and along the stretches in counter-slope. The bottom was then dug for the many passages on the damp earth, creating real channels that made it necessary to calibrate the setting of the mountain bikes. Today it has gradually dried up allowing the athletes a better interpretation of the trajectories with the common goal of setting the best time.
ELITE
With a time of 4'01”483 he won the title of Italian champion downhill 2020 an excited David Palazzari. The Scoutbike.com team athlete managed to significantly improve the performance of the previous day thanks to a very clean and profitable ride, setting the track record time. The Sardinian athlete visibly excited and happy about winning the title, admitted that he had been looking for this victory for a long time.
A race, this of the men's Open, run on the edge of a few seconds as evidenced by the second place of Loris Revelli (Team Cingolani) for only 279 thousandths. Loris gave his best trying to replicate yesterday's first place.
Third best time marked by a very fast Thomas Francardo (Giant VG Squadra Corse), detached from the lead by only 3 ”334. An important position for Tommaso who comes from enduro, a clear sign of how important these two disciplines are in the national gravity world.
Eleonora Farina Italian champion dh 2020 
Loris Revelli Italian DH 
Davide Palazzari Italian DH 2020 
Davide Palazzari Italian DH 2020 
Tommaso Francardo Italian championships dh 2020
FEMALE ELITE
Among the competitive women the best time, 4'41 ”085, is Eleonora Farina (Giangis' Team Free Bike Ebrusco), which allows the thirty to keep the tricolor jersey won last year, confirming it as the fastest among the national women. Alia Marcellini (Team After Skull Rogue Racing) marks the second best time among competitive women while in third place we find the endurist Laura Rossin of the Soul Cycles Racing team.
JUNIOR
Among the juniors, a fierce one wins Filippo Rossi of the Kona Bike Center Cimone team with a time of 4'16 ”533. Lorenzo Migliorini (Dueruoteforlì Rideforfun), outgoing Italian junior champion, did not take part in the final due to a crash during qualifying, fortunately without major consequences. In second place he placed himself Marco Comerio (team Scoutbike.com) with a time of 4'19 ”822. Closes the podium Riccardo Grammatica, athlete of the Kona Bike Center Cimone team.
STUDENTS
David Cappello (Scoutbike.com team) confirms the previous day's performance by winning the Italian champion's jersey for the second consecutive year downhill in the students category, closing the final run with an incredible 4'13”932. Davide is literally collecting tricolor jerseys, he will undoubtedly be an athlete to keep an eye on in the continuation of his competitive activity. In second place Andrea Bonanomi (Fuma Racing) with a gap of 14 ”, while in third place Patrick Venturi (3Stars-Alexibici).
BEGINNERS
The beginner category sees a very fast winner Christian Hauser (3Stars-Alessibici) who scores an excellent 4'27 "263, leaving behind the young enduro rider Lorenzo Mascherini (Ancillotti Factory Team) for only 491 thousandths e Gabriel Paletto (Tribe Team). The athlete from Trentino led a superlative race scoring a time envied by many athletes.
STUDENTS AND JUNIOR WOMEN
Sophie Riva (Ancillotti Factory Racing) wins among the juniors.
Sofia Priori Avenue (Ponente Gravity Team) wins for the women students category with a time of 5'09 "164 leaving behind Julia Sandrin (Trieste Gravity Team) e Asia Syrolla (team 1925 Biella).
MASTER WOMEN
The outgoing Italian champion of the category Bruna Benedusi (Raptors Bike) confirms once again the fastest among amateur women, with a good 5'41 ”200. It precedes Martina Fumagalli of the BMT Valsassina Motobase team by a few seconds and in third place the teammate Clare Panesi (Raptors Bike).
MALE MASTER
Mark Bevilacqua (BMT Valsassina Motobase) improves by far the time set during qualifying thanks to a run without smudges. With his 4'28 ”446 he beats the competition and wins the best time among amateurs and elite sport men.
Emmanuel Grimani (2010 Gravity Team) wins in the master1 category, while a constant Daniel Galliani (team Biciaio) wins in the master2 category.
The very fast Michael Berera (BMT Valsassina Motobase team) is confirmed as the Italian master3 champion for the second consecutive year.
In master4 he wins Paolo Alleva (Scoutbike.com), while in the master5 the best time goes to Marco Chiodini (Cycle Classic team).
Gianpaolo Mazzoni (team After Skull Rogue Racing) confirms himself as the fastest in the master6 category, while for the master7 he wins the tricolor jersey Antonino Anselmi of the Gagabike team.
