Sophie Riva, born in 2003, he conquered a magnificent 2nd place in the general of EWS 2022, even if he deserved the 1st place after the excellent season and the solidity he had shown. Sophie Riva leaves the Ancillotti Team, naturally on good terms, to join the French-based factory Sunn team.
Sophie Riva wanted to thank Ancillotti for the great support. Her words were beautiful.
Simply thank you Tomaso Ancillotti💛 for 4 amazing years, for the support, for all the roll offs you fixed me late at night before a race, for the last minute runs I made you do, for putting up with my jolts from 'humour, for insisting on me going on the pump, for the loackers on the ascents, for the cochines and estathes, for always encouraging me to improve and start from the basics, for the trust you had in me from the very first race when I I am presented with the shoes cross country and the motorcycle helmet. I learned many things on your bike and grew up, thank you boss! Sophie Riva
Here are the words of Tomaso Ancillotti, DS of Sophie in these last 4 seasons.
What an incredible years with these two!
Sophie (Riva, ed.) and Lorenzo (Mascherini, ed.) next year they will no longer be part of the Ancillotti team, 4 seasons with Sophie and 3 with Lory, with whom we shared unique moments and achieved many goals together, perhaps some even beyond our imagination.
We are sure that we have left a mark on them, that we have contributed to their growth both inside and outside the competitions, for our part we feel infinitely grateful to the boys and their families for how they approached and dedicated themselves in this years .
Treasure these years 💛 – Tomaso Ancillotti
If the next team of Lorenzo Mascherini, Italian enduro champion 2020 and 2021, is not yet official, Sophia Riva has already participated in the first tests with the Sunn riders: Théo Galy, French enduro champion and 3rd in the world ranking in the 2020, Lucas Frigout and Irenee Menjou.
SOPHIE RIVA'S 2023 BIKE
Sophie will race with the Sunn Kern EN Factory model: full carbon 29" frame with 155mm rear and 160mm rear. Italian suspension with Formula Selva fork and Formula Mod S Coil shock absorber.
Good luck to Sophie for next season, where she will still be in the U21 category before making her debut in the Elite.
