Cycling What a sprint in Nonantola

Both victories in the sprint of the compact group in the Gran Premio Giacobazzi in Nonantola, while today the Tirreno Adriatico starts with Luca Covili from Pavullo at the starting line. The hostilities in the Gran Premio Giacobazzi, with warm sunshine, were opened by the junior women including the Polish national team. The 125 participants who regularly started certainly did not hold back with numerous escape attempts all repelled by the group. In the end, Giula Erja Bianchi from Varese climbed onto the highest step of the podium (pictured), repeating the success achieved last year; she preceded the Trentino Agata Campana Chantal Pegolo, with the Modena Alessia and Martina Orsi and Sofia Cabri. The girls, who were applauded for Women's Day, received the mimosa at the presentation of the teams on stage together with the sponsor Antonio Giacobazzi, the mayor Tiziana Baccolini and the Abbot of Nonantola Alberto Zironi and the organizer Armando Tosatti.

Very fast start also among the male athletes and despite the high speed there were numerous attempts to escape and the most consistent one saw three escapees among which the Bolognese Alessandro Pedata (Italia Nuiva) with Pedata's companions led by the Formiginese Samuele Monti the group of sprinters cancelled their attempt in the last kilometer. With a lightning sprint Tommasi Marchi overtook his fellow countryman Jacopo Vendramin and the Lombard Francesco Matteoli. A few falls fortunately, without serious consequences, have marked the good organization curated by Formiginese chaired by Franco Machi with the collaboration of the police and the associations of Nonantola. After the positive performances at the Valenciana and the stage race of Santiago di Campostela, Luca Covili from Pavullo in his sixth season among the professionals has been chosen by the Reberberi family among the seven who will seek glory in the race of the Two Seas, the Tirreno Adriatico with the first stage of the team time trial of Versilia with the VF Goup Bardiani who will try to lose as many as possible to be able to make Covili fight for the final classification with the other six members who will try to shine in the other classifications.

Andrea Giusti