Episode 1 is out today! Follow the web series on the site www.redbull.com/bikediaries.
Red Bull Bike Diaries is the "travel diary" of four friends who have decided to cross the Apennines on their MTBs to reach the Ligurian coast. A route along paths never traveled on two wheels, through woods and dream landscapes, sharing the effort and emotions that only the bicycle can give.
What's more memorable than a trip with friends? Nothing is special like the moment when you put aside the rhythms and worries of everyday life and head towards a goal, with your mind finally free.
Even for a professional athlete like Marcus Aurelius Fontana, one of the most talented bikers and cyclocrossists on an international level, an experience like this is more satisfying than many successes and medals.
That's why, this season, Marco has stolen some time from hard training and competitions to embark on the small, big journey planned for years with Claudio, Leornado and Martino, three people with a completely different life, but with a very great shared passion: mountain biking.
The four friends, armed with rucksacks and helmets, got on their bikes and set off from Bobbio (Piacenza), drawing an unprecedented route through the Apennines to reach the splendid Portofino. A story of friendship and sport told in three exciting episodes, online from December 1st on the website www.redbull.com/ bikediaries
"A journey like the one we have achieved is the essence of cycling, we have dreamed of it for years and finally we have managed to take the time to do it" Marco Fontana told.
“Traveling by bike you have the opportunity to encounter different landscapes, terrains, colors. Italy is a fantastic place to ride a bike, precisely because you can see completely different places, within easy reach of each other ", he then added, explaining how the experience told in Bike Diaries was also an opportunity to rediscover a territory and to trace new routes for all bikers.
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MARCO AURELIO FONTANA - Biography
Marco Aurelio Fontana (Giussano, 12 October 1984) got on the bicycle for the first time at the age of 6 and at 11 he began his competitive career, in road cycling, in the SC Cesano Maderno team, a company that follows young Italian promises.
At the age of 14 he moved on to mountain biking and cyclocross specialties, in which he achieved great successes, starting with the title of Italian Champion in 2002.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Marco was the second youngest Italian athlete called up for Cross Country.
In 2012, he qualified individually for the London Olympics, in the same specialty and finished the important competition with a bronze medal.
The following year, Fontana placed third at the European MTB Cross Country Championships.
Marco achieved the best result of 2014 in the XC World Championship reaching a third place.
