Too bad for the concomitance with the international competition Hors Categories held in Spain, but there was no shortage of big names in Verona. Among the Elite, the winner is a formidable Simone Avondetto, a young Italian talent (just 21 years old) under the Wilier Pirelli team. For those unfamiliar with him, he already has a U23 World Cup victory to his credit and this year he will be one of our top men for the U23 World Cup.
Simone Avondetto built his victory in the last lap, with an attack that the Austrian Max Foidl was unable to respond to. Nice third place for Filippo Fontana who precedes Gioele Bertolini and Mario Bair. Disappointment for Gerhard Kerschbaumer: just an extension in the middle of the race but then he died, let's hope it's just a “carburetion” problem.
“Today was a very tight race, I gritted my teeth throughout the first part of the race, I suffered a lot, but then I found the right pace and played it at the last minute. I am really very happy to have started the adventure with Wilier Triestina in this way". - Simone Avondetto
Excellent test also for Giada Specia that in the women's race she was practically all the time in the lead to fight for the victory with the Austrian Laura Stigger. They were 2 the first actresses, with the third ranking Giorgia Marchet at 3'11 ”.
"The goal was to set the race pace and Laura and I immediately started together and we kept a good pace, then in the final we repeatedly attacked each other, but she had a little more than me and she slightly detached me on the last climb. I'm really happy because I didn't think I would start the season so well".
ELITE RANKING M
1. AVONDETTO Simone - WILIER-PIRELLI FACTORY TEAM XC - 01: 33: 56.1
2. FOIDL Maximiliam - KTM FACTORY MTB TEAM - +00: 00: 04.4
3. FONTANA Filippo - CS CARABINIERI - +00: 00: 06.6
4. BERTOLINI Gioele - TRINX FACTORY TEAM - +00: 00: 14.7
5. BAIR Mario - TREK VAUDE - +00: 00: 15.1
6. VITTONE Andreas Emanuele - KTM - PROTEK - ELETTROSYSTEM - +00: 00: 37.4
7. BRAIDOT Daniele - CS CARABINIERI - +00: 01: 04.1
8. BAUMANN Janis - WILIER-PIRELLI FACTORY TEAM XC - +00: 01: 20.1
9. TOBACCO Mirko - RDR ITALIA LEYNICESE RACING TE - +00: 01: 41.5
10. KERSCHBAUMER Gerhard - SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING - +00: 01: 59.5
ELITE RANKING W
1. STIGGER Laura - SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING - 01: 04: 05.2
2. SPECIA Giada - WILIER-PIRELLI FACTORY TEAM XC - +00: 00: 02.0
3. MARCHET Giorgia - TRINX FACTORY TEAM - +00: 03: 11.5
4. MARZANI Letizia - SUPERBIKE BRAVI PLATFORMS TEAM - +00: 03: 31.7
5. WIEDMANN Tamara - TREK VAUDE TEAM - +00: 05: 18.0
6. LECHNER Eva - TRINX FACTORY TEAM - +00: 06: 08.4
7. GORYCKA Paula - Strüby-BiXS Team - +00: 06: 59.5
8. BUZSAKI Virag - Strüby-BiXS Team - +00: 08: 16.6
9. ZÜGER Tina - Strüby-BiXS Team - +00: 08: 52.4
10. MOSSER Nina - ASVÖ ÖAMTC SC Hermagor - +00: 09: 34.4
