Merida Italia Team, Naspi marked the third! Third victory on four stages of Internazionali d'Italia MTB for Alessandro Naspi, who confirmed his superiority at Chies d’Alpago. The fourth stage of the most important italian XCO challenge was held on the hard track of Chies d'Alpago, near Belluno. The victory allows Alessandro Naspi to return to wear the leader's jersey of the Juniores category. Gioele Bertolini maintained the U23 leader's jersey, despite a fourth place. Further satisfactionthe eighth place of Martin Loo, returned to racing after a very bad fall resulting in fracture of the shoulder, remedied in the race of Montichiari. For him - as is obvious - a little lack of shape, but the Estonian raced well, without exaggerations, growing up until the finish line. After the fourth round of Internazionali d'Italia the Team is firmly in the lead in the special rank dedicated to the team, but the day of Alpago has left staff with "a little bitter taste in the mouth", because Lorenzo Samparisi was forced to retire due to a strong cramp while He was fighting for top positions in the U23 category. The young rider of Valtellina (Italy) this year is diligently following the instructions of the Sports Director Domingo Copelli and He's working to the maximum, but unfortunately the results obtained up to now don't gratify their work . Turning the gaze to the activities of the Team in recent weeks, after the race of Nalles (BZ Italy) riders and staff have mainly worked on the preparation for an intense period, which is just started Alpago. This was also an opportunity to recover the two injured Martin Loo and Stefano Valdrighi, but also by participating in some regional class races. It should be emphasized, in fact, also the convening by the Italian National Team of Alessandro Naspi last week to participate to the UCI Juniores Challenge in Graz (Austria). The young athlete was the victim of a crash in the final part of the race and suffered a contusion to the left quadriceps. His race on Sunday at Alpago is the best response to the concerns for the injury. In addition
to usual Italian opponents "Ale" had to deal with the Russian Vavilov Arsenty that up to half of the last lap has fought with him for the victory. This coming weekend the team will be in Nove Mesto Na Morave, Czech Republic, for the third round of the UCI World Cup. Merida Italia Team is just a click away: http://www.hardrockmtb.com/
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