France Team men and Alice Gaggi winners at Trofeo Vanoni 2014.
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Arnaud Bonin, Cedric Fleureton , and Julien Rancon , are the members of the France team who won the , , 57. Trofeo , Vanoni 2014 at Morbegno (Italy). , ,
It was the second time that France won this competition and France is the only nation (except of course Italy) that have won Trofeo Vanoni for more than one time.
In the female competition Alice Gaggi, world champion 2013, won for the second time the race and failed record of the race for only seven seconds!
A wonderful day and &ndash, as always&ndash, numerous spectators applauded the performance of the athletes: 403 men and 64 women!
As usual very good was the organisation of CSI Morbegno, LOC of the event.
" "After regional races for children and young runners, at 11.00 the female competition started.
During the uphill section of the race leader was Czech Pavla Schorna, followed by Slovenian Mateja Kosovelj, whilst Alice Gaggi kept third position in front of other Italian Samantha Galassi and a group of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English runners. Then in downhill part of the race the situation changed and Gaggi crossed over the other two runners, finishing her race in 21 minutes and 48 seconds (just seven seconds worse than the record of the competition). Schorna arrived eleven second behind, instead Irish Sarah Macormack finished third with 22:21. Galassi maintained her fourth place with 22:38. A group with Scottish Charlotte Morgan (23:16.), Slovenian Mateja Kosovelj (23:20.) and English Lindsey Brundle (23:22) arrived immediately after and in the top ten finished also Welsh Heidi Davies (eighth , with 23:38), Italian Roberta Ciappini (ninth with 23:49) and Polish Danut Woszczek (tenth with 23:56.)
On the afternoon, the 57. , Trofeo Vanoni started with more than 135 relays at the start line.
Alex Baldaccini, who at the end run the fastest stage of whole Trofeo Vanoni with 29minutes and 27 seconds finished first stage for his team G. S Orobie in first position, followed by second Luca Cagnati (club Atletica Valli Bergamasche), third French Cedric Fleureton, fourth Slovenian team with Mitja Kosovelj. Club Podistica Valle Varaita with Manuel Solavaggione in first stage arrived in seventh place after first third of the competition.
In the second stage French Team was able to keep leading position that maintained also with its third runner. Behind French runners, the twins Martin and Bernard Dematteis crossed over all the other competitors and their Club Podistica Valle Varaita finished second at the end of the Trofeo Vanoni. Atletica Valli Bergamasche (Cagnati, Zanaboni and Chevrier) arrived third before Slovenian team formed by the same runners who won Trofeo Vanoni last year 2013.
Time of the winning French team was 1 hour 29 minutes and 41 seconds, Second club clocked 1h.30:50 and third club clocked 1h31:43.
WMRA President, Bruno Gozzelino, and WMRA Council member, Andrzey Puchaczs, attended at the competition.
It was the second time that France won this competition and France is the only nation (except of course Italy) that have won Trofeo Vanoni for more than one time.
In the female competition Alice Gaggi, world champion 2013, won for the second time the race and failed record of the race for only seven seconds!
A wonderful day and &ndash, as always&ndash, numerous spectators applauded the performance of the athletes: 403 men and 64 women!
As usual very good was the organisation of CSI Morbegno, LOC of the event.
" "After regional races for children and young runners, at 11.00 the female competition started.
On the afternoon, the 57. , Trofeo Vanoni started with more than 135 relays at the start line.
Alex Baldaccini, who at the end run the fastest stage of whole Trofeo Vanoni with 29minutes and 27 seconds finished first stage for his team G. S Orobie in first position, followed by second Luca Cagnati (club Atletica Valli Bergamasche), third French Cedric Fleureton, fourth Slovenian team with Mitja Kosovelj. Club Podistica Valle Varaita with Manuel Solavaggione in first stage arrived in seventh place after first third of the competition.
In the second stage French Team was able to keep leading position that maintained also with its third runner. Behind French runners, the twins Martin and Bernard Dematteis crossed over all the other competitors and their Club Podistica Valle Varaita finished second at the end of the Trofeo Vanoni. Atletica Valli Bergamasche (Cagnati, Zanaboni and Chevrier) arrived third before Slovenian team formed by the same runners who won Trofeo Vanoni last year 2013.
WMRA President, Bruno Gozzelino, and WMRA Council member, Andrzey Puchaczs, attended at the competition.
Edited from Bruno Gozzelino (WMRA)
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Source of the pictures (from LOC, first page, ,and from Francesco Lietti,second page):
,on front page:
,- leaflet of Trophy Vanoni 2014,
on second page:
- Alice Gaggi,
- Julien Rancon.