In Bacchereto the Arezzo team from Lucchetta wins – Fior Baroncini and Petrucci detached, Colnaghi (Trevigiani) at the foot of the podium
THE PROTAGONIST
In cycling, you know, a hangover day can be enough to redeem even the less brilliant years. Zalf Euromobil Désirée Fior knows something about it, who in the forty-year season had decided to make the big leap between the Continental teams, the third tier of professionalism.
A good choice made with courage by the patrons Gaspare Lucchetta and Egidio Fior to allow their young talents to grow gradually which, however, also thanks to the slow post-covid recovery, reserved less satisfaction than those of the boys in white-red- green they deserved. However, the success achieved yesterday in Bacchereto (Po) by Gabriele Benedetti from Arezzo changes everything and fixes the 2021 season in a memorable way in the rich showcase kept by the Lucchetta and Fior families.
Over 100 kilometers of escape on the ups and downs of the Tuscan hills allowed the 21-year-old from Terranuova Bracciolini to grab the tricolor jersey in front of the pair of Colpack Ballan rivals composed of Petrucci and Baroncini. The good escape was born after about thirty kilometers from the start, to attempt the extension were six brave among which were two of the most anticipated of the eve as Benedetti and Petrucci; despite this, the group gave them space giving them a six-minute lead to the attackers. With the passing of the kilometers, the comeback of the platoon also arrived, but it turned out to be late also because at the head of the race it was Gabriele Benedetti himself who pushed on the accelerator, detaching his fellow adventurers one by one. So I arrived alone in the parade for Gabriele Benedetti who crossed the finish line keeping 16 “on Filippo Baroncini and 33” on Mattia Petrucci. Fourth place for Luca Colnaghi (Trevigiani Campana Imballaggi Geo & Tex) arrived 39 “late while Edoardo Zambanini (Zalf) finished in sixth position.
A success, the one that arrived a week after the epilogue of the U23 Giro d’Italia in Castelfranco Veneto, which made all the fans of the historic Treviso association swell the chest and which handed down the tricolor jersey number 30 to the annals. for the team founded in 1982.
The cycling university, which in 40 years has promoted more than 120 athletes among professionals, celebrates the crystalline talent of the climber Gabriele Benedetti, like the young Marco Frigo who in 2019 was the 29th Italian champion in the history of Zalf.
«Winning an Italian championship is always special. Being able to do it with another enterprise from afar like the one carried out today by Gabriele Benedetti has a unique flavor. This is the best way to celebrate our fortieth season of activity »exulted the owners Gaspare Lucchetta and Egidio Fior. –
Andrea Fin