Source: press release - Photo Matteo Mezzari
It was another day of sport and adrenaline from "fat wheels" that we experienced today around the Sella massif, just the day after the UCI Marathondella Südtirol Sellaronda HERO World Championships. The Dolomites were the setting for the FCI Italian Enduro Championship, the most adrenaline-pumping variant of the mountain bike universe.
The competition included four “special stages”, timed downhill sections interspersed with transfer stages. At the end of the day of competition, the tricolor jersey went to Alex Lupato of the FRM Factory Racing Team who defeated the fierce competition of Martino Fruet of the Carraro Team - Trentino - Ale 'club who won the place of honor. Third step of the podium to the biker Denny Lupato of the Tribe Team team.
«Today was an important race for us, which traces the way towards a competitive future in a discipline with a high attractive content such as enduro - explains the race director William Basilico - and in both the men's and women's races, we had an extremely qualified competitive level ».
Sparks were also seen in the women's classification, but the queen of these 4 PS was Alia Marcellini of the GB Rifar Racing Team, who boasts the Italian title. Behind her closed Anna Oberparleiter of the
Carraro Team - Trentino - Ale ', while to close the podium we find the athlete of the Dream Team Genova Ancillotti Sara De Leo.
"With the enduro test we have completed the HERO Bike Festival 2015, 9 days of events that have demonstrated the potential of mountain biking not only as a competitive tool, but as an opportunity for tourism promotion - concluded Gerhard Vanzi, president of the committee organizer - and now we have to work so that the Dolomites can become a cult destination for bikers from all over the planet ».
MEN'S RANKING
1. LUPATO Alex FRM FACTORY RACING TEAM 20'00.80
2. FRUET Martino CARRARO TEAM - TRENTINO - ALE '20'01.95
3. LUPATO Denny TRIBE TEAM 20'09.70
FEMALE RANKING
1. MARCELLINI Alia GB RIFAR RACING TEAM ASD 23'06.86
2. OBERPARLEITER Anna CARRARO TEAM - TRENTINO - ALE '23'13.49
3. DE LEO Sara DREAM TEAM GENOVA ANCILLOTTI 24'27.82
COMPLETE results
