Milan Montagnetta From Montagnetta Park of San Siro’s district (Milan), at the second round of Internazionali d’Italia Series, the guys of Merida Italia Team have come out a little bit battered.
The race weekend has not started in the best way, because of a nasty crash achieved by Gian Guido Pighi during the track recognition, resulting in a fracture of the humerus of his right arm. So during the youth race the Team had only at the start Riccardo Simoni (44th) and Martina Bassi, authors of a good race despite the fright for the companion. Martina appeared also quite competitive, completing the race within a whisker of the podium (4th). 11am was the time of the Juniores start, whose race began with a good start of Jakob Dorigoni, very competitive, who fought for a place near the podium among many foreign athletes despite a puncture, but unfortunately a second puncture forced him to quit because was too far from the pits. Lorenzo Calloni was the most effective athlete of Team: has managed well the start and kept a steady pace throughout the race, not making mistakes and taking home a good 20th place finish. Lackluster instead Vanni Frassoni, who because of his bad shape has long suffered the steep climbs of the track, competing very below his potential (39th).