After Osoppo, Sant'Elpidio a Mare and tomorrow, Corridonia. Giro d'Italia cyclocross It has now gained momentum and is marching forward week after week. The level of the competitions is rising proportionally to the general condition of its protagonists, considering that The World Cup returns to Europe this weekend and the European Championships (November 7, Vamberg in Holland) are getting closer and closer, you have to be ready. Considering that many of the protagonists of Italian cyclocross they were in America for the World Cup opening, the high level of the girls' open competition must be noted with satisfaction, both in the first and second Italian occasions. Rebecca Gariboldi, as it had done in Friuli, won the tender, but this time he had a much harder time repelling Sara's assault Single house, finished very close and this is an important signal.
The trouble began in Tabor…
The standard bearer of DP66 Giant SMP, who moved up this year in the category, knows well that many eyes are on her. Until last season, Casasola was considered at the same level as Baroni e Realini, or maybe a little bit higher based on what we saw in previous seasons, and then? «Then I had a difficult year: let's say that until the European Championships everything was going as expected, then I got badly injured in Tabor, I almost broke my coccyx and the recovery was slow and not as I would have liked, I never got back to the level of the best."
The effects of the injury continued to be felt even afterwards: «I had planned MTB and road, the Servetto He had given me confidence, but at the Giro I had to withdraw on the third-to-last stage and then I was out for a month. At that point I understood that I had to recover slowly, I slowly started again with cyclocross and I feel that the condition is arriving, but there is still a lot of work to do."
Bike aside, focus on math
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, though: Sara was able to dedicate a little more time to her university mathematics studies: «As soon as I leave the bike, I'm on the books, there's not much free time between two such intense activities. At the moment, however, cycling is paramount, because I've been on the verge of making the leap in quality for two years and it's not coming and I feel that the time has come."
Thinking of the Friulian cyclist as a pure cyclocross specialist is a mistake: like many others, she has made multi-discipline her credo, she previously preferred MTB as an alternative specialty but the road is increasingly involving her: «I'm telling the truth, I like off-roading more – Casasola admits – But it's on the road that I can really grow. I think a lot depends on the amount of activity; in 2022, I intend to focus a lot on it.. Also to understand exactly how far I can go. But to do this, I need a quiet winter, with smooth work and possibly some significant results."
Dorigoni's winning sprint over his new teammate Bertolini Second race and second victory for Rebecca Gariboldi Luca Paletti, the son of an artist, continues to win
Dorigoni's winning sprint over his new teammate Bertolini Second race and second victory for Rebecca Gariboldi Luca Paletti, the son of an artist, continues to win
Now the spotlight is on Corridonia
The one in Porto Sant'Elpidio was also the first occasion to see the two big names of the Selle Italia Guerciotti Elite, that is Jakob Dorigoni and the new member of the team, the Italian champion Gioele BertoliniThe two raced together for almost the entire race, competing for victory in the sprint, and only with a well-placed push did Dorigoni secure victory. Anyone who thought that the two would go to war even wearing the same shirt has been proven wrong."It's nice to win first and second while being on the same team," the South Tyrolean explained at the end of the race. "I believe that by running together we can achieve great results."
If Luca, son of art, continues to dominate among the juniors pallet (his father was a member of the legendary Ariostea at the end of the last century), The Giro d'Italia continues to gather important numbers, over 700 on a cold day that began to mark the transition of cyclocross towards those climates and terrains more suited and familiar to it.Now we stay in the Marche for a third very heartfelt chapter, CorridoMnia Shopping Park, after which the first conclusions can be drawn.
