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TES final: Calonaci wins but the overall goes to Grotti

Nadine Ellecosta wins both the race and the championship among women while
Abetone Gravity Team wins the team classification.

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Smoothed paths fantastic day in Massa Marittima for the last round of the Toscano Enduro Series which once again confirmed itself as the reference enduro championship in Italy, with over 450 athletes coming from all over the peninsula and beyond as there were 2 heroes of the Sicily Cyclist Hub who even arrived from Sicily, without forgetting the Coen brothers who, mindful of the beautiful race in Abetone, thought it best to take a flight from Tel Aviv to participate in this beautiful TES in Massa Marittima.

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And the Maremma locality once again responded to the Enduro people with Francesco Guidi and his crew who, being able to count on 2 distinct areas, surprised everyone, putting both the locals and those who came from far away on the same level, leaving only one PS on the Monte Arsenti side and even finding 3 new or almost new ones on the Accesa Lake side, including the superclassic Canyon.

Then departure from the Ghirlanda area, in front of the Sleep n'Ride, the fabulous hotel structure specifically dedicated to bikers, and towards SerraBottini where on the PS1 the leaders found themselves stuck to each other with Tommaso Calonaci ahead of Vittorino Palmieri and Tommaso Francardo spaced less than 4 seconds apart. On the PS2 Pesta and on the PS3 Canyon photocopy ranking and separations. And so the long journey towards Monte Arsenti served to reorganize ideas and hopes, but once again Tommaso Calonaci imposed the law of the strongest, thus winning the race thanks to the impressive set of 4 first out of 4 stages. Unfortunately, however, it was on 4 that Tommaso Francardo suffered a mechanical failure which allowed Nicola Grotti to climb to third place, which he needed to maintain the championship lead and take home the title of Absolute Champion of the TES 2023.

Among the women, yet another victory for Nadine Ellecosta (Abetone Vittoria Gravity Team) also over Ancillotti, who not only won all the stages, but also finished in 23rd place overall including men!!!! In second place the very young but now constant Giorgia Fiocchi consolidated her position ahead of the ever-present Irene Savelli.

Big celebration therefore for the Abetone Gravity Team which dominated the championship, winning both the overall men's and women's results as well as consequently also the team results. It's difficult to describe the mess that erupted during the awards ceremony with the Arezzo Cycling School which won the special ranking for the loudest cheering, giving way to the celebrations which saw Nicola "Fogaccino" uncorking, and above all, drinking bottles of Prosecco in bursts !!

The Juniors saw Luca Donati from the Arezzo Cycling School ahead of Filippo Amerio from Pedale Canellese and Niccolò Ferrari who is starting to achieve results even outside of his Pistoia mountains.

Among the over 100 kids at the start in the Beginners and Students categories, this time the victory went to Simone Leo of the Fristads Merida Team, Matteo Falcini of the Abetone Vittoria Gravity Team who consoled himself with the victory in the championship, ahead of Davide De Santis of the Team Fristads Merida. In the rookies Piero Grillo from Pedale Canellese got the better of Jean Leon Andreini, while among the female rookies Marta Fiocchi from Porrettana Bike prevailed.

In the masters Giorgio Gazzeri won in the M1, while in the M2 Matteo Rimondo of the Abetone Gravity Team returned to victory. In the M3 class, yet another victory for Marco Mazzi (La bicicleria), in the M4 class Alessandro Bagnoli (I-MTB) demonstrated that he felt at home in Massa given the short distance from his Castiglione, while in the M5 class the winner was Simone Santoni of ASD TWC. In the M6, great return on the top step of Nicola Raffaelli ahead of Rolando Galli and Stefano Vannetti, while among the M7 the winner was Franco Cristoni of ASD La torre di Piumazzo ahead of Andrea Consani.
Among the almost 150 "electric" riders, Rocco Bocelli of the local Team Sdegnators won, ahead of Giacomo Capaccioni, standard bearer of the organizing team Bike Service Trail Brothers, and Alessandro Sereni. While among the women the new entry Francesca Bonanni excelled ahead of Gianna Sgarbi also from ASD Bike Service Trail Brothers and Sabina Vincenzini Foppa.

Maximum entertainment also for the large crowd gathered especially in the areas of Lake Accesa but also on the slopes of Monte Arsenti, on the very classic Rock n'Roll Queen, therefore great satisfaction for the president of the Asd Bike Service – Trail Brothers, Francesco Guidi but also and above all for the Trail Builder team, who, led by Andrea Tiezzi, Danilo Martini and Enrico Filippi, have put together a series of truly fantastic trails.
The tourist implications that the event brought to the Massa Marittima area were important both on the days of the race and in those immediately preceding it, with over 3000 participants including athletes, technicians and companions involved both in the tests and in the development of the vehicles. But also and above all to enjoy this wonderful beginning of autumn on the Massa paths.

In the meantime, the TES steering committee has worked to give even more content to the circuit's races with increasingly important prizes thanks primarily to the Main Sponsor Garmin present with the Marketing Director Alberto Villata who manned the paddock with a stand where it was possible see, touch and test all the latest electronic products as well as making yourself available to the winners. In addition to him, Ufo Plast has also returned to being present in the bike world with its clothing and protections that we all remember as the top on the market, while Vittoria Tires has confirmed its presence also for next year with important news for all participants.
In addition to them, Ethic Sport is also highly confirmed, providing all the products suitable for athletes' nutritional supplementation, Chamaleon Skin with its protective films for frames, Scrimmage Socks, Prato Freeride, DRC Wheels, the famous bike manufacturer Pedroni, which has even put up for grabs a latest model frame by drawing among those who participated in all the stages of the TES, Esseci press, FT pro and the TopTa craft brewery which as always showers all the participants with beer.
So now the green light is given to all enthusiasts who want to choose between the slopes from the top of Monte Arsenti but also the new ones in the Accesa Lake area which are truly fun and suitable for everyone to feel a bit like an athlete by replicating the exploits of the champions of the TES. Also thanks to the rental which was renewed with the important agreement with the German brand Canyon which supplied the bikes from the new range specifically set up for use on the Maremma trails. And precisely with a view to broadening the panorama of possible mountain bike users, Bike Service has also developed the possibility of using the entire range of Canyon e-bikes, which allow us to enormously expand the possibility of using the large network of paths that develop starting from Ghirlanda and Sleep n'Ride.



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