Cycling: Italdonne does not fail, Zanardi wins gold

It is raining medals on the Azzurri at the European Cycling Championships, taking place in Trento. Today two more from women arrived, thanks to the extraordinary performance of Silvia Zanardi, who won gold in the Under 23 online trial, and Eleonora Ciabocco, silver in the online trial reserved for the Juniores category. Zanardi won the sprint in Piazza Duomo, burning the Hungarian Blanka Vas, who took the silver medal. The bronze, on the other hand, went to the French Evita Muzic. The race was held on a 80.8 kilometer long course, which featured a difference in altitude of 1,500. Excellent performance of the blue girls who forced a natural selection on the climb of Poco and took command of the operations. In the final it was Gaia Realini who accelerated uphill and started thedecisive action that saw Zanardi, Vas and Muzic as protagonists. On the final straight it was the Hungarian Vas who launched a very long sprint, but Zanardi held up and asserted her skills as a sprinter. Eleonora Ciabocco from Marche, in the early afternoon, obtained the silver medal in the Juniors women's race. The race was won, after a short sprint, by the German Linda Riedmann, in 1h53'09 "; bronze to the French Eglantine Rayer, at 1". Fourth another blue, Francesca Barale, always at 1 "; eighth Carlotta Cipressi, behind by 1'10". The race was held on the 67.6 kilometer long route, with start and finish in Piazza Duomo in Trento. The race featured an elevation gain of 1,250, a minimum height of 189 meters, a maximum of 368.Tomorrow it will be the men and again the women: at 9 am the Under 23 online test is scheduled, which will be held over a distance of 133.6 kilometers, with a difference in height of 2,500 meters; at 2.15 pm it will be the turn of the Elite women test, over a distance of 107.2 kilometers and a difference in height of 2,000 meters.