This edition of the Adriatica Ionica Race also bids us farewell: a year ago we had celebrated with Fortunato, this year Bardiani smiles with Filippo Zana conquering the general classification. Today’s last stage saw a lot of EOLO-KOMETA on the attack, starring with as many as three riders in the day’s breakaway that made it…
Words, before images. Words, instead of dry reporting. Words, those of Stefano Zanatta. Sports Director, man in the race. “I cannot say anything to the boys today: they did well. Unfortunately, bad luck in this Adriatica Ionica Race doesn’t want to give us a break, and even today it hit us with the fall of…
Here is one of the beautiful images we will take home from this ill-fated Adriatica Ionica Race, which began with the desire to replicate the victory of a year ago with Fortunato and foundered in the first stage with the crash that put Lorenzo out of the running. The image of Alessandro Fancellu, rediscovered and…
There, on the same peak of Mount Grappa where he had triumphed a year ago. There, where history tells of battles and wars of the past. There, where the second stage of the Adriatica Ionica Race was run today: Fortunato was expected and had the favor of prediction, but Saturday’s ruinous fall (grazes, lots of…
Adriática Iónica (2.1) Stage 1: Tarvisio-Monfalcone (193’9km) A fall in the final part of the stage ruined all the work of EOLO Kometa, trying to protect Lorenzo Fortunato who was riding in the select leading group with Diego Pablo Sevilla and Marton Dina. It was a stage to pass, to try to avoid problems, but…
Adriática Iónica (2.1) 4th to 8th June Stage 1: Tarvisio-Monfalcone (193’9km) Stage 2: Castelfranco Veneto-Monte Grappa (157’8km) Stage 3: Ferrara-Brisighella (141’3km) Stage 4: Fano-Riviera del Conero (164’5km) Stage 5: Castelraimondo-Ascoli Piceno (152’3km) The list of winners of a race always says the truth. And in 2021, the name of Lorenzo Fortunato shines brightly as the…
Giro dell’Appennino (1.1) 2nd june: Pasturana – Genove (191’7km) There was not much to tell in the classic that opens June. In a test that had a leak, an end to the attack and less prominence of the EOLO Kometa than we would have liked. Just one day off and already looking for the Adriatic-Ionic,…
Giro dell’Appennino (1.1) 2nd juny: Pasturana – Génove (191’7km) Even with all senses enraptured by the great performance of EOLO Kometa in the Giro d’Italia, the competition continues but does not leave the country. The Giro dell’Appennino will be held this Thursday between Pasturana and Genova with five climbs of great difficulty and special mention…
The Arena of Verona, and what else can we say? Here, in the Arena of Verona, the most beautiful stories end. We remember that, don’t we? The 2010 Giro d’Italia, and that triumphant entrance of Ivan Basso, winner and hero. And it is nice to connect with a thin thread that day, to today’s arrival:…
There’s that feeling of being inside history when you’re lucky enough to experience days like this: in places like these, on climbs like these, with riders like these. And it’s great to tell the story, a stage like this: the arms raised by Covi after a beautiful feat (congratulations), the general classification overturned, the beautiful…
“The beautiful thing, in cycling, is this: tomorrow there is always another stage, there is always another race.” In this sentence of our GM Fran Contador there is the thought of the evening, there is the thought that will occupy the night and the morning hours, before the stage that will reach the top of…
This is the unwritten law of cycling, exalted in today’s stage with the adventure of the four breakaways rewarded at the finish line. Unfortunately, there was no EOLO-KOMETA rider. On the finish line in Treviso, 11th place for Albanese. 📷 Maurizio Borserini
