It will be a spectacular weekend to say the least with the Ciocco Sport Lab. It promises to be a hot end of July which will award the national mountain bike titles for the disciplines to Ciocco (LU) XCC and
Source: press release
The cycling trials will take place at the Ciocco Bike Circle (CBC) in Barga on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th July. Cross Country Short Track (XCC) And Cross Country Eliminator (XCE) which will involve Students and Beginners (youth categories), Junior and Master on both days, while Elite and Under23 will be in the match only for the Sunday tests (XCE), given that the title XCC for the latter categories it will instead be up for grabs in Nervesa della Battaglia (TV).
Saturday 27th will be a day full of adrenaline with the race XCC which, being among the most recent on the mountain bike scene, will see the Italian title awarded for the third time in its history. Great curiosity in finding out who will take the place of Mariachiara Signorelli and Raffaele Armanasco among the Rookies and Elisa Pontara and Federico Rosario Brafa among the Students, without forgetting that the challenges among the Juniors will also be very heated, where the reigning champions are Laura Squarise and Simone Magnani, and the always surprising Masters.
On Sunday 28th the emotions will show no signs of abating and the "Eliminator" test will take place which will see all categories compete, from Beginners to Masters. After the qualifying phase, the athletes will compete in batteries of 4 and the first two to reach the finish line will advance to the next rounds. The title will be won by the bikers who win the "big final" in one of the most fast-paced and adrenaline-filled formats on the MTB scene. In fact, all the "elimination" tests take place on short routes, usually between 500 and 1000 meters which can be enriched by technical elements and obstacles of various kinds such as steps, steep drops, bridges or wooden structures... Gaia Tormena, Filippo Agostinacchio, Emanuele Huez, Eva Lechner, Emanuele Savio, Anna Sinner, Riccardo Fasoli: these are just some of the athletes who have already won the title of Italian national XCE champions in the past, and who knows who will prevail in the 2024 races.
The watchword of the Italian Ciocco Championships will undoubtedly be dynamism, an essential characteristic of the XCC and
At the Ciocco Bike Circle the work is proceeding quickly and the Ciocco Sport Lab promises an unforgettable weekend in the MTB paradise.
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