Source: press release
NEWS FROM THE VALCAVALLINA SUPERBIKE TRACK: A NEW VARIANT HAS BEEN INSERTED
Slight modification to the race course which will see the insertion of a new variant necessary to bypass the private section of the Grena climb which, late yesterday evening, was denied the passage of the event. During the night, the work of the volunteers for cleaning and tracing the new stretch that will lengthen the original route by 1 km, adding 100 meters to the altitude difference.
Grumello del Monte (BG) - "When such events are organized, 80 km of track, 12 municipalities and as many inhabited centers to cross with over 1000 athletes, these are unexpected events that are taken into account from the beginning, but once again our volunteers and the whole organizational machine has responded in a big way, with determination and professionalism. So the emergency immediately returned to the base! "
With these words it is the same Giancarlo Magri, coordinator of the organizational machine of the 10th Valcavallina Superbike - Italian Marathon Championship 2014, to announce the variant inserted urgently yesterday night in order to solve an unexpected problem of passage in private property which in the history of Valcavallina is known by all bikers with the name of "The ascent of the Grena". A series of uphill hairpin bends that the athletes take a few meters after the first refreshment point on the track.
"We have never had any problems with the property - Magri says - but the unexpected is always lurking and this time we had to immediately take action to resolve the matter without having to upset the path. " Immediately after the refreshment, the athletes will then go up to the right instead of taking the Grena on the left. At first on a wide road and then facing a path cleared in the night by the teams of volunteers who guaranteed its travel and tracing.
"This variant will add 1 kilometer to the length of the track but also 100 meters to the elevation profile - concludes Magri - but by doing so we can keep the technical characteristics unchanged since most of them will still be on dirt also addressing a new fun trail which will allow you to return to the original route at the end of the private section in question. "
Meanwhile the tricolor fever is growing in Grumello del Monte where the organizers and all the volunteers of the Valcavallina Superbike group are in great excitement to refine the logistic machine and all the details to welcome and entertain the fans expected for the appointment on June 1st. The latest news is the presence of cheerleaders of the dance school Just Dance that on the starting straight will take care of the choreography of the anxious waiting minutes before the start.
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Programme:
Saturday May 21
10.00 am Opening of the Expo area
15.00 pm Opening of the race secretariat: Check cards, bibs and race packs delivery
17.30 Technical meeting
18.00 Closing of the competition secretariat
Sunday June 1
06.45 pm Opening of the race secretariat: Check cards, bibs and race packs delivery
08.15 am Opening of the grids
09.00 Start of the Italian Marathon Championship 2014
09:15 am Start of the Classic route
13.00 pm Expected arrival time of the winner of the Marathon course
15.00 pm Award ceremony begins
TIMETABLE GATES ON THE ROUTE
Classic: 11.40 in Sommi - 12.15 in Gandosso
Marathon: 13.15 pm in Monumento Partigiani - 15.30 pm in Adrara San Martino
