An old-time company by Guzzo lights up the Zalf weekend

TREVISO

If a good day starts in the morning, the season promises to be exciting. Zalf immediately put the seal on the amateurs’ debut weekend, winning the Firenze-Empoli match with Federico Guzzo on Saturday, while yesterday they missed the double with sprinter Alessio Portello, second in the Misano circuit. On the Romagna circuit, the same as the MotoGP World Championship, the Parma Mattia Pinazzi (Arvedi) won the sprint, three athletes in the five for the Castellana team: said of the second place of the Friulian Portello, second season among the Under 23s, also the fourth place of the “deb” Alberto Bruttomesso and the fifth of the blue pistard Manlio Moro, seventh in the pursuit of the 2021 World Cup.

But let’s rewind the tape and go back to Guzzo’s company. The passista climber from Godega, only one success to his credit – the Frare a Vittorio Veneto – last season, knows that this year he plays a lot in terms of his career and has not wasted time. Two weeks ago, at the presentation of the team at the Fior hotel, he confided: “I want to start strong.” And the twenty-year-old from Zalf, third year U23 and one of the most anticipated of the Castellano team, scored in the first round of the year, the Florence-Empoli number 35, signing a break from the past, over 120 km: first in company of four competitors, then in solitude. Second at 2 “Nicolò Buratti of Team Friuli (yesterday on target at Gp La Torre, in Tuscany), third at 35” Nicolò Parisini of Qhubeka. “When I attacked at the start of the race, I knew I was fine and that I could have my say, but I never expected to reach the finish line alone”, said Guzzo, “I tried to manage myself, then in the final I took advantage of all the energy left to resist the return of the pursuers: when I realized that they would no longer catch me and I saw the finish banner, I got goosebumps from emotion. Starting like this is wonderful: I dedicate the victory, as well as to the team, to the family. She was always close to me in difficult moments, she always believed in me ». Next Saturday he will try to raise his voice on the streets of his home: the Polese Memorial, in Santa Maria di Piave, could be for him. The next day, at Castello Roganzuolo, Portello will be able to redeem the second place in Misano Adriatico.

Meanwhile, in the women’s field, the first Belgian weekend dedicated to walls and pavé went to the archive: Sofia Bertizzolo (Uae Adq) finished 15th at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. –