A suggestive location that of the Bolognese village, about 20km from Imola with its historical museums, its humpback bridge that distinguishes it from the 1200s and a population of 350 inhabitants at two hundred and twenty meters above sea level welcomed the over XNUMX registered at the start of a contest fought to the end.
Source: press release


A course of 32km with 1600mt of difference in height, 5 breathtaking special stages that certainly did not leave breathless to the athletes. Excellent di ff erentiation of the track with technical tests, fl ow and above all spectacular trails also for the thousands of spectators who filled the woods to assist their heroes. Tests that the competitors first viewed on foot in the Friday track Walking and then tried in the official Saturday tests, covering only once per special.
A new federal format that aims to put all competitors at the start on an equal footing.
Of the five specials scheduled, the youngsters (Esordienti and Allievi M / F) fought in the first two specials reserved for them as per the regulations. To have the best in the beginners category was the color bearers of the Apenino Bike home team, Cesari Lorenzo, who graduated as an Italian champion, who preceded Vallet Andrea of the Asd Cormayeur by twenty-two seconds who in turn put behind Murachelli Filippo of the Ponente Gravity Team.
In the Allievi category, the Apennine Bike still dominates and took home the jersey with Melloni Matteo, followed by Bona fi ni Edoardo of Fosco Bessi Calenzano and Donati Luca of the Arezzo Cycling School. Race pulled to the last because the first three are enclosed in a gap of only 17 seconds between them.

In the youth women's category the Carzolo Clarissa of Bike Marchisio undoubtedly commands thirty-two seconds to Fiocchi Marta of Porrettana Bike followed by Sabatino Alice of Jam's Bike.
Let's move on to the international categories with the Juniores class with Scarpetti Lorenzo who completes the tricolor hat-trick of the Imola Appennino Bike, followed by a very strong Plando Andrea who did not allow him errors. In third place Castelli Elia of Team Fristads.
Polo Emilie A. sd Cormayeur followed by Mesirca Chiara and Mesirca Giulia both of the Oasi Zegna Mtb Enduro in junior women, with three athletes not assigned the jersey at the start (minimum 5).
The level is raised again and we arrive at the Women's Open with stratospheric times and a really important level of participation. From the DH specialty comes in third place a long-awaited Gloria Scarsi of the o ffi cial Canyon Collective team beaten by the color goal of the Abetone Gravity Ellecosta Nadine team. But to get the best of all from Valle D 'Aosta, Tormena Gaia graduated as champion I talian who, as released in a post-race interview, appreciated the paths of Castel del Rio and above all made no mistakes, taking home a ten-and-praise race .
If in the Women's Open Tormena spied all five special stages in the Men's Open, on the other hand, we fought until the end at the sound of seconds leaving the whole paddock that followed the live broadcast times from the vidiwall open-mouthed. A succession of battles, in the paths managed and cared for by Fabio Gioiellieri of the Appennino Bike of Imola, bring the home rider to third place as residence Vendemmia Mirco dell'Abeto Gravity who leaves the tricolor jersey to a wild Francardo Tommaso of the Team Deaneasy followed by a Raimondi Matteo from the Loca team who didn't let him breathe for a second.
MEN'S ELITE RANKING
1 | FRANCARD THOMAS ITA, TEAM DEANEASY ASD | 0:20:21 - |
2 | RAIMONDI MATTEO ITA, LOCCA TEAM | 0:20:30 +10 |
3 | HARVEST MIRCO ITA, ABETONE GRAVITY TEAM ASD | 0:20:37 +17 |
4 | BERTHA MATTHEW ITA, CICOBIKES-DSB-BIKEMOTION | 0:20:38 +18 |
5 | LANI MARTINO ITA, TEAM FRISTADS MONDRAKER COMES DSB | 0:20:55 +35 |
6 | UNCERTAIN THOMAS ITA, TEAM FRISTADS MONDRAKER COMES DSB | 0:20:58 +38 |
7 | CASADEI NICOLA ITA, TEAM HERO MY BIKE S.MARINO | 0:21:04 +43 |
8 | PELISSERO SIMON ITA, ASD MAD WHEELS | 0:21:11 +50 |
9 | FROM PIAN DAVIDE ITA, TEAM BIKAPPA BIKES | 0:21:17 +56 |
10 | SACCON MATTEO ITA, ABETONE GRAVITY TEAM ASD | 0:21:22 + 1: 01 |
FEMALE ELITE RANKING
1 | TORMENA GAIA ITA, GS LUPI VALLE D'AOSTA | 0:23:12 - |
2 | ELLECOSTA NADINE ITA, ABETONE GRAVITY TEAM ASD | 0:23:28 +16 |
3 | LITTLE GLORY ITA, TEAM CANYON COLLECTIVE DAINESE | 0:23:59 +48 |
4 | ROSSIN LAURA ITA, SOUL CYCLES RACING TEAM | 0:24:31 + 1: 20 |
5 | MARCELLINI ALIA ITA, VALDINIEVOLE E-BIKE | 0:24:32 + 1: 20 |
COMPLETE results
