The administration of Alpago is confident in a return to tourism. The commissioner What: “Here the athletes come back even on vacation”
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Once again the Alpago has been confirmed as an ad hoc land to host sporting events. The Triathlon Sprint Gold Silca cup, with 800 participants from different parts of Italy and also from abroad, has received unanimous acclaim and is about to become a fixed appointment in the summer.
«We are happy to host this important event that gives prestige to our territory», comments Vanessa De Francesch, Deputy Mayor of Alpago, «thanks to an event like this we can push on the accelerator of sports tourism. The triathlon is certainly a showcase of value, a great opportunity to bring people to know and attend our beautiful lake, something not taken for granted, especially in the Covid era ».
Federico Costa, the Tourism Councilor, echoes her.
“We are closing a weekened of triathlon that gave us a competitive show and a large participation of athletes who enjoyed the location of Lake Santa Croce and stayed in our territory”, he declares, “once again sport brings with it an important induced economic, not only in the days of competition, but also after, in the sense that the triathletes then come back, both to train and to spend some free time with the family ».
Satisfaction also in the words of the organizing company, the Silca Ultralite Vittorio Veneto led by Aldo Zanetti.
«We had a really exciting two days, opened on Saturday by the 150 kids of the Aquathlon Kids. Then the Triathlon Sprint Gold Silca Cup, the record of entrants and a high-level competition, with athletes attending the international circuit “, underlines the organizer from Treviso,” were fought competitions, right from the swimming stage. We lived a day of sport, colors, entertainment, in a location that is always very popular. We are almost back to normal. All that remains is to make an appointment for 2022, for another great edition ».
“It was wonderful to have started this weekend of competitions with youth competitions”, comments the president of the Veneto Committee of Fitri, the triathlon federation, Leonardo Franco, “this Alpago is now an event that has become historic, which among other things , just last year, it was among the first triathlon events after the lockdown, demonstrating, once again, the organizational quality of Silca Ultralite Vittorio Veneto ».
The athletes also enjoyed the Conca and Lake Santa Croce. Here are the two winners. «I came here in Alpago convinced to find a perfect organization like the Caorle European Cup and with a valid technical level», said Lehmann at the end of the race.
“I am a veteran of the European Cup in Tiszaujvaros and I decided at the last minute to be here in Alpago,” said Francesca Crestani, 21 years old from Marostica, university student in food science and technology. «The location is really beautiful and Silca’s organization is always at the top and I would have been sorry not to be there». –
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