Two wins at 400km away for Merida Italia Team During the last weekend the athletes of Merida Italia Team have not raced in team as usual, but competing instead out on several fronts. Someone has done a training session, while the others of the crew have raced into four separate competitions.
Giulia Lazzari, of the youth, has raced and won in her category at Costa Volpino (Bergamo), a regional race of the circuit Orobie Cup. Besides Giulia among the AL, well done for Paola Papetti who finished the race in third position among the EWS. The good performance of Giulia, allows the girl to hope to wear the shirt of the Regional representative for the second round of the Youth Italian Cup, scheduled for the next weekend at Polsa (Trento).
The Youth Italian Cup 2015 has begun just this weekend, during which it was held the first trial at Borgo Pace (Pesaro-Urbino), where Lorenzo Calloni, wearing the jersey of the Regional Committee of Emilia Romagna, led a good race finishing 7th between the AL2. Overall victory for Stefano Valdrighi instead, engaged in an XCO race called "Alpe della Luna" in the province of Arezzo (Tuscany). Excellent performance for him in view of the upcoming important dates of the second half of the season. Lastly is reported the participation of Lorenzo Samparisi and Mattia Setti in the International XCO C1 class race of Sambor, in Croatia. The two under 23 went hunting for some UCI point, running along with the Elite in the Open race. The results were a 6th overall place for Samparisi, and a 12th place for Setti.