Superenduro 2017 Round 4 - Calestano: Day 2

Day two of practice today in Calestano for the fourth round of the Superenduro (Italian Enduro Series) saw the sun stay out for most of the day and the trails dry out. As night fell the heavens opened, thunder and lightning ensued, and the trails are going to tell a very different tale tomorrow—slippery, difficult, and slower.

I’ve been told numerous times today that stage four is the best of the year and after riding it I concur. All the trails have an amazing mix of terrain, technical sections, and faster flowy sections. The longest stage is 4.5km long.

Riders are all nervous about the weather but know there’s a race to win tomorrow. Marco Millivinti has a few points to make up and told me he has mud spikes on and is excited for tomorrow. Other riders might aim to play it safe tomorrow and try to make up points in the final round of the series. In the women's race, series leader Alia Marcellini is out with injury, the next racer in the ranking who’s competing is Laura Rossin, who will be looking to take this opportunity to make up some points. Noga Korem is here this weekend, who took third position at the EWS in Madeira.

We re here in the Parma reigon of Italy ready to show what it has to offer.

We're here in the Parma region of Italy, ready to show what it has to offer.

Johannes Von Klebelsberg, is a former Downhill racer who's turned to Enduro. He's been out with injury all year and this is where he'll want to prove himself. It'll be interesting to see how he fairs up.

Denny Lupato.

The liaison to stages one and three.

A small plateau that both stages one and three start from.

Let practice begin...

A small rocky ridge line here, it was super fast today but it'll be interesting to see how it tests the riders tomorrow.

Denny Lupato dropping into stage one.

Noga Korem looked super quick on track today.

The trails are full of features here a flat corner molded into the bank.

The trails are full of features, here's a flat corner molded into the bank.

Whilst riding the trails look fun but there s a lot of rock around to cause some damage.

Whilst riding the trails look fun, there's a lot of rock around to cause some damage.

Stage four could be a trail from the UK, predominantly flowy, but with a few technical sections and some punchy short climbs.

Alex Lupato blasting through the trees.

Nicola Casadei is sitting in second position just 40 points behind, he could play tomorrow in different ways.

Davide Sottocornola, and Marcello Pesenti.

Denny Lupato.

Simone Martinelli.

The guys at Andreani offer support at all of the Superenduro races.

See you tomorrow for race day.

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4 Comments

skill7 (Sep 10, 2017 at 0:05)

The Italians really know how to run an Enduro race. I rode the La Thuile tracks the week after the race and rode the trails used in the Lombardia Cup Enduro and was blown away by the level of the technical and physical challenge compared to the UK Enduro races.

Diag (Sep 10, 2017 at 5:39)

what is the mechanic on the second to last picture doing with a power tool inside a fork lower?

rgtec-components (Sep 10, 2017 at 8:25)

I'd say he's enlarging the bushings

beeekilbee (Sep 11, 2017 at 3:38)

@romphaia: Boost Bushes...? ; )