The specialty of the Team Relay, who often saw us on the podium, this time he didn't smile at our standard bearers. The blue team fielded Luca Braidot, Giada Specia and Valentina Corvi, three riders already present last year in France, while the new entries were Sara Cortinovis, Andreas Vittone and Elian Paccagnella.
Bad start for Italy with the U23 Andreas Vittone, involved in a fall, which ends the fraction in 10th place. In the lead Great Britain with Charlie Aldridge followed by France with Adrien Boichis, and Switzerland third at 20” with Dario Lillo. The Bolzano junior Elian Paccagnella recovers 2 positions but the gap from the race leader rises to 53 seconds. Giada Specia, Valentina Corvi and Sara Cortinovis maintain their positions while the last team player, Luca Braidot, recovers 2 positions with Italy thus finishing in 5th place. Switzerland wins, with an exceptional final runner like Nino Schurter.
Behind Switzerland, we find France just 9 ": Jordan Sarrou made life difficult for Schurter. Denmark closes the podium, with an excellent performance, beating Canada in the sprint.
WORLD TEAM RELAY results
1 SWITZERLAND 1:05:42
2 FRANCE +0:09
3 DENMARK +0:41
4 CANADA +0:42
5 ITALY +2:01
6 GREAT BRITAIN +2:30
7 GERMANY +2:36
8 US +2:39
9 AUSTRIA +3:07
10 BELGIUM +3:18
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