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Giro, the second embrace of the Marca Il tappone warms up on the Cansiglio

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The crossing of the Plain (it did not happen since 1978) today before the Dolomites. Colle Umberto, detour to “Botescià”

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Not even the time to close the Treviso party of the Cittadella-Monte Zoncolan last Saturday and the Giro grants a second hug to the Marca. Today segment number 16 takes the caravan from Sacile to Cortina, a 212-kilometer long Dolomite stage with 5,700 meters in altitude, embodied by Fedaia, Pordoi and Giau. A key day of the 2021 edition, perhaps the most beautiful. And our home fans can count on a delicious “aperitif” for almost 25 kilometers: the tribute to Ottavio Bottecchia in Colle Umberto and the climbing of Crosetta. The stage starts at 11 from Sacile, entry into the Marca is scheduled at 11.02 in Ponte della Muda, a hamlet of Cordignano. Then Colle Umberto, Cappella Maggiore (areas of the former pro ‘Marzio Bruseghin) and Fregona. The homage to the first Italian winner of the Tour de France, who broke the editions of 1924 and 1925, deserves to be underlined. For the interest of the municipal administration and the Federciclo, a detour was obtained in front of the birthplace of Bottecchia, in the locality of Mescolino. An all-round celebration: the exhibition of the Bersaglieri, vintage bikes, pink rosettes and banners. Behind the passage there is a wider project: the idea of ​​enhancing the birthplace of “Botescià”; the project of a stage (departure?) for the Giro 2024, in the centenary of the first yellow triumph of the champion of San Martino di Colle Umberto.

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The other focus is on the Cansiglio: the first mountain grand prix of the stage coincides with La Crosetta, first category roughness (11.6 kilometers, average gradient at 7% and peaks at 11%) with a summit at 1,118 meters. A climb that takes us back to the pioneering years of the pedal: the pink race faced it for the first time in 1933 and Alfredo Binda was on the top of the hill in front of everyone. Yes, the Trumpeter from Cittiglio who took home five editions of the Giro and was the only champion to be paid – 1930 edition – by the organizers for not participating. Such was its superiority over the competition of the time. The same gpm saw Nino Defilippis soar in the 1962 pink track, then in 1978 it was the turn of the Swiss Ueli Sutter.

It is easy to imagine that the Treviso fans will not miss the opportunity of a mountain grand prix to be enjoyed live. It is easy to understand that many will be in Cortina or on the legendary Pordoi, Cima Coppi of the 104th edition. But in the eyes of Andrea Vendrame there is still the homage of the fans in Ponte della Priula and San Vendemiano, the emotion of a pink stage in a stone’s throw – it’s from Santa Lucia – from home. The message signed yesterday morning on Facebook by the winner of the Bagno di Romagna stage is moving. To underline the dedication to the Fans Club. “Racing on home roads is always wonderful, doing it as a fresh winner of a stage of the Giro was a great pride”, Vendrame’s post, at the first stage success in the most popular race. «Thanks to all of you for making the Zoncolan stage unforgettable, seeing the emotion in your eyes was indescribable. You are the reason why I will never give up. Honored to have such an extraordinary Fans Club ».

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His fans will also be at the Giro today, it is possible that Vendrame will try to satisfy them with another escape. Unless the monstrous altitude difference suggests he try the adventure another day. Enfant du pays is always Davide Cimolai, a 31-year-old from Friuli who has been living in Villa di Villa for a couple of years, where the Under 23 Giro del Belvedere arrives.

Nice curtain in Caneva, in the fraction of Saturday: he stopped to hug his expectant girlfriend. Fans renewed his appointment today at the starting meeting in Sacile. On the other hand, the one who will not remember with pleasure the Treviso crossing of the Giro is Nicolas Edet, a 33-year-old Frenchman from Cofidis, who fell on Saturday in Caonada about twenty kilometers from the start: he was operated on at the Treviso hospital for a fracture in his left humerus. –

Mattia Toffoletto

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