Four more medals for the 'Italy in the World Cup of Verbier

Monday & Igrave; race for categories Espoir and Senior World Championships in Val de Bagnes-Verbier. The program provided for today Individual Race, 12.5km and 1700mt of elevation gain for men, with start and finish in Bruson and two steps to 2445mt Six Blanc; 10.5km and 1360mt of elevation gain for women, with one pass summit.

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The men's race, which started under a bright sun at 9 am, followed a familiar script, with the winner of the test Vertical Saturday, Catalan Kilian Jornet Burgada, dictating an unsustainable rate for its opponents. And if the victory of Burgada goes unchallenged, the battle & egrave; unleashed behind the squares d & rsquo; honor. In a sprint to 3 & egrave; the driver of the Army Sports Centre Robert Antonioli to win over teammate Matthew Eydallin, third, and the French Xavier Gachet, gi & ugrave; the podium for 0.6 & rsquo; & rsquo ;. Sixth and eleventh place for outsiders William Bon Mardon and Werner Marti. Does not reach the finish in Bruson Damiano Lenzi. Another strong showing of the Teutonic Anton Palzer Espoir in the test; the boy born in 1993 has now taken off, managing for most of the races to follow the rhythm of the best athletes Senior much to go on top of the first climb in the company of our Robert Antonioli and Matthew Eydallin (terminer & agrave; fifth scratch); to the finish line ahead of runner & egrave; was 3 & rsquo; 43 & rsquo; & rsquo ;. Medal d & rsquo; silver, the third of this World Cup, for the & rsquo; blue Nadir Maguet. Bronze that smacks of revenge for the & rsquo; another blue Federico Nicolini, able to precede the Spaniard Oriol Cardona Coll, which was passed at the photo finish two days ago in the Vertical. Fifth place for Luca Faifer. Evidence Senior Female saw the lonely ride the French Laetitia Roux, able to take immediately the lead and to reach all & rsquo; arrival of Bruson at 1:25 a.m. & rsquo; 50 & rsquo; & rsquo ;, with more & rsquo; two-minute lead on native Ollon, Maude Mathys. The Swiss, disposed disappointment for sixth place in the Vertical Saturday, & egrave; managed to recover a good fitness after an illness of the season & rsquo; he had struck last weekend, and & egrave; managed to overtake the French Axelle Mollaret, bronze medalist and winner of the category Espoir. Fourth place for the Swedish team Salomon International Emelie Forsberg. Excellent fifth place for the & rsquo; blue Katia Tomatis, gi & agrave; seventh and best Italian in Vertical. Remains gi & ugrave; from the podium l & rsquo; Italy with Alessandra Cazzanelli, fourth in the category Espoir-women, in a race that presented the same podium test Vertical. How gi & agrave; said, victory by a wide margin for the French Axelle Mollaret, Bruson reached with almost 5 & rsquo; ahead of Swiss Jennifer Fietchter and 6 & rsquo; on the Spanish Marta Garcia Farres. Sixth and seventh the other two blue Martina de Silvestro and Dimitra Theocharis. For the complete results: https://www.mso-chrono.ch/results/459-ismf-world-championships-individual-race/337/categorie Fabio Nava