Like two weeks ago, Isacco Costa is still silver Promesse at the Italian mountain running championships. Yesterday, in Margno – Pian delle Betulle, the Zoldo rider of Gs Quantin Alpenplus won second place in the tricolor only climb, the second and final round of the Italian championship which on 31 July in Malonno (Brescia) celebrated the vertical race.
Second fortnight ago, according to yesterday, therefore, Costa confirms himself in the Olympus of the category: second also in the final general Promesse behind Luca Merli.
“I’m happy for the placement, but also because I managed the race well”, comments the youngest of the Zoldo dynasty. «I did a recovery race on a very hot day».
Overall, Isacco finished 22nd Italian, three positions behind Agordino Luca Cagnati, 19th Italian.
Day to forget for the other Cagnati, Lorenzo, expected to make a capital performance but held back by a problem with the chip that forced him to stop and then to close in the back (54th Italian).
Overall, victory for the Trentino Cesare Maestri over the Lombard Francesco Puppi and Alex Baldaccini. Sixth place for the blue ski mountaineer Davide Magnini who had swept the first test. Among the women, a double from the Piedmontese sisters Francesca and Erica Ghelfi, winners in 2018 of the Transcivetta. For Francesca this is the tricolor bis, after the success in the vertical.
Men absolute Italian championship standings (10.2 km): 1. Cesare Maestri (Valli Bergamasche) 53.37; 2. Francesco Puppi (Valle Brembana) 54.42; 3. Alex Baldaccini (Gs Orobie) 54.47; 4. Xavier Chevrier (Valli Bergamasche) 55.19; 5. Tiziano Moia (Gemonatletica) 55.22; 19. Luca Cagnati (Valli Bergamasche) 58.59; 22. Isacco Costa (Gs Quantin Alpenplus) 1h00.08; 35. Elia Costa (Gs Quantin Alpenplus) 1h02.47.
Italian women’s absolute championship standings (8.4 km): 1. Francesca Ghelfi (Varaita Valley) 57.11; 2. Erica Ghlefi (Varaita Valley) 57.32; 3. Alessia Scaini (Athletics Saluzzo 58.35); 4. Camilla Magliano (Running Turin) 59.59; 5. Cecilia Basso (Orecchiella Garfagnana) 1h00.26.
Italian championship promises men (10.2 km): 1. Luca Merli (Valchiese) 56.29; 2. Isacco Costa (Quantin Alpenplus) 1h00.08; 3. Giovanni Devivitiis (Pasturo) 1h00.55; 4. Alessandro Crippa (Alta Valtellina) 1h01.04; 5. Lorenzo Rota (Malonno) 1h01.15.
Italian Championship of Promises women (8.4 km): 1. Alessia Scaini (Athletics Saluzzo) 58.35.
Men’s Juniores Italian Championship Standings (5.4 km): 1. Samuel Demetz (Sportclub Merano) 36.08; 18. Filippo Votta (Gs Quantin Alpenplus) 40.48.
Women’s Juniores Italian Championship Standings (4 km): 1. Martina Falchetti (Sportclub Merano) 27.15.