Canazei, situated in the heart of the Dolomite's, with blistering rock faces all around, it’s stunning here. The mountain bike scene is growing here rapidly, there’s a bike park and plenty of natural singletracks, with new, natural singletrack being a top priority for the mountain bike community. The race was set out with six stages, stage six was a race through the town, stage one was to be raced twice also as stage five but unfortunately, stage five had to be cancelled. This still left us with over 25 minutes of racing and a full day on the bike, the liaisons were split between climbs and lift access, stage four had a long steep climb to the top.
The men’s race was extremely tight, with less than two seconds separating the top three. First place went to Matteo Raimondi, second to Marco Milivinti and third position to Denny Lupato. 20 seconds separated the women’s race, with the two top spots going to the Gehrig twins, Caro first and Anita second. Closely followed by Alia Marcellini.
Not a cloud in the sky all day today, it was a hot day for the riders.
Early morning car park bike checks before the big day.
Riders set off from the town, Enrico Guala sets all the riders off.
Shafting sunlight made it quite hard to see which direction the trail went.
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What's up with the guy and girl in robes at the podium?