#1 Internazionali d'Italia Series in San Zeno (VR)

18/03/2023

Great excitement at Gregor Pinggera's first international competition

 

The first of the 5-stage Internazionali d'Italia Series 2023 took place on Saturday 18 March in San Zeno di Montagna above Lake Garda.
This was the first international cross country appearance of our athlete Gregor in the U23 category, on a course with its own characteristics: very varied with forest soil, gravel and stone passages, and some short but very steep climbs; overtaking opportunities were few.

The start of the race over 7 laps was at 2pm: the 93-strong field consisted of elite and U23 athletes, Gregor's start number 77 meant another start from the back of the field. Gregor exerted pressure from the start and tried to work his way forward as far as possible. After the start lap he was already in 54th place, his gap to the leading group around Luca Braidot was just over 2 minutes.

Then in lap 3, unfortunately, the sudden end: a chain tear prevented the successful debut, and thus sealed the premature end of the race.
Gregor, however, took the incident calmly and was satisfied with his performance up to that point.

 

PINETA SPERANE XCO, San Zeno di Montagna (VR) - results by categories
OPEN MEN
1. BRAIDOT Luca - ITA - Santa Cruz RockShox Pro Team - 1h28.47
2. COLLEDANI Nadir - ITA - Santa Cruz RockShox Pro Team - 1h28.48
3. BRAIDOT Daniele - ITA - CS Carabinieri Olympia Vittoria - 1h28.51
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DNF  PINGGERA Gregor - ITA - Dynamic Bike Team Eppan

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