APRICA - The biggest surprise of this year's GF Marco Pantani was maybe not the victory of Raimondas Rumsas, but the fifth place of Emmanuele Negrini, the dominator in the high mountain events of the past few years. Negrini, who also won the previous two editions of this Granfondo, was 16 minutes down at the finish! Rumsas needed 5:24:43 to cover the 174km across the Passo Gavia, Mortirolo and Valico di Santa Cristina, just under a minute less than Andrea Ciavatti. In third was Timothy David Jones, more than 10 minutes behind.
The GF Pantani keeps growing despite the gruelling climb of the Mortirolo, about the most strenuous climb around along with the Zoncolan. Over 3600 riders took the start in Aprica, and whether you do granfondo, mediofondo or percorso corto, there is always the Mortirolo to conquer.
Next week is Italy's most famous international cyclo, the Maratona Delle Dolomiti.
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