Granfondo Marcialonga Cycling 2013

Now in its 7th edition, the Marcialonga took place on Sunday, July 7, under bright sunshine. Nearly 2,200 participants had registered and split themselves between the two available routes.

On both courses (116 km and 68 km), the winner was decided in a sprint finish, and a South Tyrolean—more specifically, a rider from the Eppaner Dynamic Bike Team—was in the mix for both sprints!

On the short course (68 km with 1,150 meters of elevation gain), our club champion Michael Zemmer finished in 7th place. But the much bigger surprise came from Mathias Schweiggl on the long course (116 km and 2,350 meters of elevation gain): the Kurtatscher rider was narrowly beaten only by three former pros—Dainius Kairelis (former Lithuanian road champion and Olympian), Enrico Zen (winner of, among other races, last weekend’s Granfondo Giordana 2013), and Alessandro Bertuola (winner of, among other races, the 2013 Granfondo Valli Bresciane); All four crossed the finish line within one and a half seconds of each other!! Mathias left cycling greats such as Jarno Varesco (5th place), Carlo Muraro (6th place), and Roberto Cunico (8th place) behind him.

Mathias Schweiggl had to start the race from the second starting block with bib number 323 and work his way up to the front. Still in 6th place on the final climb (from Welschnofen toward the Karer Pass), he first shook off Varesco and Cunico, and by the time he reached Lake Karer, he had made up over 2 minutes of lost time and caught up to the top three. He even crossed the Karer Pass first, winning the race’s mountain prize. The quartet stayed together all the way down to Predazzo; on the home stretch (a total of 800 meters long), as mentioned earlier, there was a sprint where Mathias Schweiggl didn’t stand a chance—his opponents were simply too strong. But a 4th-place finish in the overall standings of the Granfondo Marcialonga Cycling is a remarkable achievement!

This coming Sunday, July 14, the Italian Mountain Time Trial Cycling Championship will take place in Berzo Inferiore (BS). We’re keeping our fingers crossed for our two racers, Michi and Mathias!

7° Granfondo Marcialonga Cycling 2013, Predazzo (TNM) - results by categories

Percorso lungo 116 km - Uomini

1. Kairelis Dainius MG. K VIS.GOBBI LGL DEDACCIAI 3:28.15,4
2. Zen Enrico U.C. LUGO CICLI BERALDO 3:28.15,5
3. Bertuola Alessandro LEGEND MICHE GOBBI 3:28.16,1
4. Schweiggl Mathias DYNAMIC BIKE TEAM APPIANO 3:28.16,8
5. Varesco Jarno L'ARCOBALENO CARRARO TEAM 3:28.55,0
6. Muraro Carlo LEGEND MICHE GOBBI 3:30.45,4
7. Moretti Romeo ASD TEAM GRANFONDO LIOTTO 3:31.56,6
8. Cunico Roberto U.C. LUGO CICLI BERALDO 3:33.24,0
9. Minuzzo Paolo LEGEND MICHE GOBBI 3:33.44,6
10. Palazzi Giacomo TEAM ISOLMANT 3:33.44,7

Percorso corto 68 km - Herren

1. Avanzo Francesco BERGNER BRAU 1:52.13,2
2. Lorenzi Adriano AVESANI BIKE 1:52.13,4
3. Spiazzi Davide AVESANI BIKE 1:52.13,5
4. Binotto Alessandro G.S. BEVARINO THIENE 1:52.13,6
5. Magri Giulio TEAM ISOLMANT 1:52.13,7
6. Toia Massimiliano ASD TEAM UCSA 1:52.13,8
7. Moro Giampaolo CYCLE SPORT VIS SICUREZZA 1:52.14,1
7. Zemmer Michael DYNAMIC BIKE TEAM APPIANO 1:52.14,1
9. Santoni Duilio G.S. VERTICAL SPORT & CLIMB 1:52.14,2
10. Ludwig Stefan BREN TEAM TRENTO 1:52.14,3

Granfondo (116 km, 2.350 Hm) posto classifica generale

Senior
57. Friedrich Moosmair 4:45.30,8 (526.)

Master 1
3. Mathias Schweiggl 3:28.16,8 (4.)

Master 2
9. Christian Resch 3:45.52,8 (37.)
22. Christian Langebner 4:02.58,2 (127.)

Veteran 1
8. Markus Götsch 3:46.18,8 (44.)
24. Christian Sanco 4:06.58,5 (164.)

Gentleman 2
2. Nikolaus Bernard 3:55.20,6 (82.)

Mediofondo (68 km, 1.150 Hm) posto classifica generale

Weiblich F2
18. Andrea Pantel 2:43.19,0 (35.)

Senior
2. Michael Zemmer 1:52.14,1 (7.)

Master 2
31. Manfred Scherer 2:10.39,0 (178.)

Veteran 1
43. Andreas Pichler 2:12.10,9 (193.)

Veteran 2
10. Luca Smaniotto 2:01.14,6 (62.)