3rd place at the GF Città di Garda, Italy
3rd place at the GF Città di Garda, Italy
Great day for my team Torpado Surfingshop and myself at the lake Garda!
It was again a great racing day here in Italy for me! I was sitting in the leading group thoughout the entire race, when, towards the end of the race, the later winner Michele Casagrande attacked in a climb and got off. Cuervo, Paez and I were still together on the last km; we sprinted for the remaining podium positions and I eventually "lost" the sprint to Cuervo. He was strong, but I also have committed a real beginner's mistake: the day before the race I didn't have a look at the last km and so today I took the wrong line in a sand passage in the last km, while they knew exactly where they had to go to stay on solid ground. I spent too many grains there to stay with them which I then lacked in the sprint... ;-)
My teammates were even better than me: Serena Calvetti won the women's race, while our other lady Daniela Veronesi finished in third and last but not least, Mr. Yader arrived in 6th!
© photo Pianetamountainbike.it and Luca Guarnieri