On the run with various companions, at 8 km she escapes and wins alone In Noventa di Piave Elisa De Vallier triumphs: success dedicated to the memory of Silvia Piccini
CASTELFRANCO
The golden moment of the Zalf does not stop. After having beaten the Circuito dell’Assunta and Capodarco, the castellans give themselves the Giro del Casentino with their brother of art Matteo Zurlo (the elder brother Federico, in the meantime retired, ran among the pros with Lampre and Emirates), protagonist of a maxi-escape lasting 80 km, initially of eight elements, then two, then six. At 8 km from the finish in Arezzo, the decision to leave the moorings and seek the solitary adventure: a rewarded choice. The 23-year-old from Tezze sul Brenta, in the fourth acute of the season (the Giro del Veneto stands out), brings Zalf success number 19 (at 25 “came Magli della Mastromarco and Iacomoni Iseo), confirming how the team of Contessa and Faresin he experienced the turning point in the second part of the season, as if he had acquired new awareness after Gabriele Benedetti’s sharp at the Tricolore (now with Edoardo Zambanini at the blue boarding school in Sestriere from a European perspective).
DONNE OPEN
In Noventa di Piave, the Conscio Pedale del Sile dominates in the sprint, placing the junior Elisa De Vallier, 16 years old from Conegliano in first place, and Giulia Vallotto in third. Beat the Elite, third seal in 2021. Emotions that intertwine: in the race that remembers Chiara Pierobon, the Top Girls girl who died in 2015, the show was stolen by the team that last April had suffered the death of Silvia Piccini, overwhelmed from a car while training on the Friulian roads. «The dedication is for Silvia», the thought of the sporting director Cristian Vettorello. –
M.T.