Alice Gaggi and Fabio Ruga were the fastest on the challenging track designed in the Valle dei Ratti. In the afternoon there will be space for young people, with the 1st edition of the Kids Tracciolino Trail, a race reserved for the Fidal youth categories with routes dedicated to various ages along the streets and paths of Verceia.
As scheduled, the long train of athletes started at 9.15 am near the municipal multifunctional center overlooking Lake Novate Mezzola. The athletes had to tackle a 9.2km route with a positive altitude difference of 1150m. The race itinerary included a first part of launching along the streets of the town passing through the horse path. From here we took the Val di Ratti path up to Tracciolino; having passed over the Moledana dam owned by Edison, the competitors headed for the church of Frasnendo, the finishing point of the race at 1287 meters above sea level.
WOMEN’S RACE:
The women’s race saw the challenge between the two national mountain running champions, Valentina Belotti and Alice Gaggi, right from the start. The 2013 specialty champion tried to force the pace in the first part that was more congenial to her, but Belotti managed to recover and break away from her direct opponent in the central section; the most challenging one. The race was decided on the Tracciolino path with Gaggi’s comeback who once again managed to change pace, gaining the lead and holding it until the finish line. For her, a well-deserved success in 1h 06’01”. Behind her Valentina Belotti (Us Malonno) completed her ascent in 1h06’47”. Third step of the podium for another Italian mountain runner Elisa Sortini (1h09’07” Alta Valtellina). Elisa Compagnoni 4th and the young Sveva Della Pedrina 5th also did well. Monica Vagni, Debora Benedetti, Barbara Sangalli, Cinzia Cucchi and Simona Fazzini also placed in the top ten of the day.
MEN’S RACE:
immediately sustained pace with the 2022 winner, the Swiss Daniele Fontana who set fire to the dust together with the young Alessandro Crippa. When the difficulties began to be seriously felt, they brought the more experienced Fabio Ruga and Emanuele Manzi to the front. The two ran the central part of the race shoulder to shoulder, with the epilogue of the challenge decided on the ramp that led from Moledano to Frasnedo. Here the Como native Ruga (La Recastello) launched a decisive attack which allowed him to triumph with a time of 56’34”. Second place goes to US Malonno’s Emanuele Manzi, 21″ behind, while Daniele Fontana (Ticino) closes in third place, 1’20” behind the winner. Behind them, the standard bearer of the organizing company Davide Della Mina (Team Valtellina) crossed the finish line in 4th place, followed in 5th place by Erik Panatti (KV Lagünc). Alessandro Crippa, Diego Rossi, Tommaso Caneva, Francesco Della Torre and Giovanni Tacchini complete the top ten.
YOUTH RACE:
Once the lunch and awards ceremony were over, Team Valtellina proposed the first edition of the Kids Tracciolino Trail, with 150 kids from Valtellina and nearby Valsassina. Successes in the various hotly contested races, with Veronica Rossini (Ag Media) first among the 10 Female Rookies, while in the equal men’s category Leonardo Tarca (Csi Morbegno) achieved success. Among the girls, the fastest was Sofia Fragonara (Alta Valtellina), imitated by the same category Tommaso Tarca (Csi Morbegno). In the cadet race, victory for Caterina Ciacci (Cortenova) and Francesco Gianola (Premana). On the course reserved for students, first place went to Arianna Rizzi (Premana) and her clubmate with Federico Tenderini. An uncertain challenge right up to the end also in the club rankings with Csi Morbegno ahead of As Premana by just 5 points, while Alta Valtellina is slightly further behind in third place.
NEXT STOP ARZUP:
Having archived this commitment, Team Valtellina is ready to return to the organizational control with the final of the GoinUp circuit on Wednesday with the 7th Arzup, a midweek vertical test starting from the center of Morbegno and arriving in the hamlet of Arzo.
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2023-02-10 00:00:00
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