Superenduro Round 4, 2017 - Calestano: Race Day
A big day in the rain today for the racers of the Superenduro (Italian Enduro Series), it was exciting and grueling. Unfortunately, stage three was forced to be canceled due to the medical staff being unable to walk along the track and it was deemed too dangerous.
Even without stage three, it was still a big day with lots of riding and varying terrain. The rain came down hard all of last night and continued on throughout the day, which led to loads of crashes.
The race was ultimately won by Vittorio Gambirasio, who took an early lead of 20 seconds in the first stage. Nicola Casadei took second position, closely followed by Alex Lupato. In the women’s Laura Rossin took the win, Noga Korem finished almost two minutes back, and Jessica Bormlini took third position.
Stormy skies looked over today's Superenduro.
Vittorio Gambirasio fitting his number board.
Simone Martinelli changing his front tyre to a mud spike first thing this morning.
Davide Sottocornola.
Laura Rossin's bike.
Laura Rossin.
Noga Korem.
Today, riders are totally self-sufficient out on the trails, that means it's pedaling to the top.
One of the singletrack liaison sections.
And they're off.
Dropping into the first corner of stage one...
...then into the difficult slippery corners in the woods, Noga Korem holding it together through the tough sections.
Simone Martinelli had a lot of crashes in today's conditions. he had four on the final stage.
A very familiar feeling for all the riders today, most people told me they'd had at least one crash.
Jessica Bormlini.
Davide Sottocornola.
Tobi Poloni.
Stormy skies overhead all day.
Alex Lupato on his way to a third position.
Nicola Casadei, looked composed all day today, he landed himself in second position.
Laura Rossin took the win today by an astonishing two-minute lead.
Vittorio Gambirasio, took the number one spot today.
The final stage finished in the town, which the locals poured out to see, even with the downpour.
Smiles and mud, you might not expect the latter from Italy, but it put smiles on a lot of peoples faces.
Marco Milivinti.
Alex Lupato.
Noga Korem.
Fiorile Allocca.
Bruna Benedusi and Jessica Bormolini.
The champ, Laura Rossin.
'Have I got something in my eye?' – Simone Martinelli.
Nicola Casadei.
Alex Lupato.
Vittorio Gambirasio.
Davide Sottocornola.
That's all for this round, see you at the next one.
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Capataz
(Sep 11, 2017 at 4:16)
Who is interested in riding in Calestano you'll find all the enduro trails on Trailforks.com and Trailforks app. www.trailforks.com/region/calestano-12563/?lat=44.597981&lon=10.126777&z=12&m=arc
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mbart
(Sep 11, 2017 at 3:30)
very strange to see a full great report here and nothing on italian sites
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kuplik3
(Sep 11, 2017 at 0:09)
Well done Noga Korem!! 
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Gio2
(Sep 11, 2017 at 0:31)
Beautiful photos! Complimenti, belle fotografie!
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