Cyclocross: Twelve New Champions in Bolzano

The Nalles sports complex hosted the 35th “Trofeo Città di Bolzano,” a top-tier race organized by the Bolzano Cyclocross Center in collaboration with the local Sunshine Racers team, which also counted toward the Triveneto Trophy standings. The event awarded South Tyrolean championship titles in various categories, featuring hard-fought races and bringing great satisfaction to the South Tyrolean athletes.

A total of twelve provincial championship titles were awarded. In the men’s Open category, the jersey went to Under-23 rider Manuel Gottardi (Gottardi Cycling Sport&Mind), while in the women’s division, the title was won by Jana Pallweber (Sunshine Racers) in the elite division and by Andrea Brugger (Junior Team Südtirol) in the under-23 division. In the Junior category, the new provincial champions are Daniel Cornella (Fdb Sport Club) and Nadia Lercher (Junior Team Südtirol).

As for the Masters, the Elite Master title was won by Luca Malfatti (Centro Ciclocross Bolzano), while Florian Oberrauch (Abc Egna) secured the Master 1 title and Georg Widmann (Abc Egna) the Master 2 title. The Master 3 jersey went to Günther Huber (Bike Team Gais), the Master 4 jersey to Carmine Del Riccio (Sunshine Racers), and the Master 5 jersey to Luca Bellomo (Zanolini-Q36.5 Südtirol).

Rounding out the list of South Tyrolean champions were Julia Tanner (ABC Egna) in the Master Women’s category, Ernesto Filippi (SC Altair) in the Master 7 category, and Arthur Cappelletti (ABC Egna) in the Master 9 category. It should be noted that the race also awarded the Trentino championship titles, which went to Martino Fruet (Elite), Luca Zandonai (Under-23), Tommaso Endrizzi (Junior), Ivan Pintarelli (Master Category 2), and Andrea Felicetti (Master Category 3).