Source: press release
The 2022 vintage of Internazionali d'Italia Series, the most important Italian Cross Country Mountain Bike circuit.
CM Outdoor Events, the circuit management company in synergy with Italian Cycling Federation, presented the calendar of a historic season, which for the first time will include three events Hors Catégorie, the highest category achievable outside the World Cup.
After a 2021 season that placed Italy at the center of the off-road world, with the Val di Sole World Championships (Cross Country and Downhill) and the Island of Elba (Marathon) and with the extraordinary succession of champions alternating in the five rounds of the Internazionali d'Italia Series, the Italian circuit lays the foundations for a new stellar season, aiming to confirm itself at the top among the European circuits of the category.
At the historic appointment nalles (BZ) e Marlene South Tyrol Sunshine Race, join this season as HC events Capoliveri Legend XCO (Capoliveri, Elba Island, LI) e The Thuile MTB Race (La Thuile, AO). Two absolute novelties complete the calendar, which debut as category C1 events: San Zeno di Montagna, which will be entrusted with the opening on 6 March next, e Trento - Monte Bondone, which will take the great mountain bike to a peak already well known to road cycling enthusiasts.
Furthermore, the appointment with the UCI Junior Series, the World Cup for the Juniores category, with two stages scheduled: in Nalles and La Thuile.
THE CALENDAR
06 March 2022: San Zeno di Montagna (VR) - Cat. C1
01-03 April 2022: Nalles (BZ) - Cat. HC and UCI Junior Series
16-18 April 2022: Capoliveri-Elba Island (LI) - Cat. HC
May 28, 2022: Trento-Monte Bondone (TN) - Cat. C1
25-26 June 2022: La Thuile (AO) - Cat. HC and UCI Junior Series
Veneto returns to baptism the season of the Internazionali d'Italia Series. On the slopes of Monte Baldo, a few kilometers from Lake Garda, San Zeno di Montagna offers the perfect context for the first seasonal challenges, with the direct organization of CM Outdoor Events: the appointment is for Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March.
Double important appointment at the beginning of April: the Marlene South Tyrol Sunshine Race di nalles (1-3 April), the dean event of the Italian MTB, and the organizers of the ASD Sunshine Racers Nals, are preparing for a new appointment not to be missed, plus the challenge of the UCI Junior Series.
On the Island of Elba, the ASD Capoliveri Bike Park, fresh from the efforts of the Marathon World Championship, sees the great success of the first edition of Capoliveri Legend XCO, and hopes to revive, the 16 18 and April, a challenge on the level of that put in place by Nino Schurter ed Henry Avancini in 2021.
In the last weekend of May (28-29), Internazionali d'Italia Series returns to the north of the Peninsula for the second novelty of 2022, the stage of Trento-Monte Bondone, organized by Trento Sport Events e CM Outdoor Events, in synergy with APT Trento Monte Bondone. It will be the Conca delle Viote, in the shadow of the three peaks of Monte Bondone, to host the first international mountain bike event of a mountain already very famous in the world of cycling, the scene of numerous passages of the Giro d'Italia.
Along the lines of the recent editions, Internazionali d'Italia Series will return to end in Valle d'Aosta, this time with an appointment of HC rank. To animate the event of La Thuile (25-26 June) there will also be the best Juniors in the world, who will compete in the stage of the UCI Junior Series.
"It is a season that brings with it excellent news: the three HC events place us at the top of the European circuits in the category, enabling us to attract the best performers in the world," explains Michael Mondini by CM Outdoor Events. - "Furthermore, the San Zeno appointment brings us back to a territory dear to us, on the outskirts of Verona, while Trento and Monte Bondone mark the return of the circuit to Trentino after so many years, and with a very interesting project."
In 2021, Internazionali d'Italia Series awarded the Romanian Vlad dascalu and the Bergamo area Clare Teocchi in the categories Open. Simone Avondetto e Giada Specia they won the results U23, while Matthew Siffredi e Sara Cortinovis excelled in the categories Junior.
