The Pedavenese will be in Val di Sole from 25 to 29 August
After the jersey for the European Championship, another blue jersey arrives for Giada Specia. The biker from Pedavena, Under 23 category, has in fact been called up for the Mountain Bike World Championships which will take place in Val di Sole from 25 to 29 August.
On the other hand, the other two top athletes from Belluno, Giorgia Marchet and Mirko Tabacchi, who are experiencing a season below expectations, are not part of the list drawn up by the technical commissioner of fat wheels, Mirko Celestino.
At the world championship in Trentino, Specia will look for an excellent performance after the opaque 18th place obtained last Sunday at the continental test run in the Serbian Novi Sad.
The one that will be staged in the locality of Daolasa di Commezzadura will be a record edition of the Trentino event: in fact, for the first time world championships of six disciplines will be assigned.
In addition to Cross Country, Team Relay, Downhill, Four-Cross and E-mtb, with the debut in the Short Track world championship program. On Wednesday 25 August the opening of the World Championships is up to Team Relay, the team race, followed on Thursday 26 August by the Junior Cross Country tests and the novelty of the Short Track, while on Friday 27 August it is the turn of E-MTB and Four-Cross . U23 and Elite Cross Country tests will be held on Saturday 28 August. Grand finale on Sunday 29 August on the legendary Black Snake that assigns the Downhill world championship jerseys. The blue expedition in Val di Sole will be composed of 29 athletes, between Juniores and Elite.
The women’s under23 team is made up, in addition to the Spice, of Nicole Pesse, Francesca Saccu and Marika Tovo.
As for the Elite, eyes on the South Tyroleans Gerhard Kerschbaumer and Eva Lechner who last year won the silver medal in the Austrian town of Leogang.
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