The first seasonal victory for the Ale Colnago Team comes from the third stage of the Giro delle Regioni, in Osoppo. In Friuli, Nicole Azzetti, from Ala in Trentino, raised her arms to the sky, finishing first in the Juniors category race. Nicole, born on August 23, 2008, had already been noticed in cyclocross on several occasions and in 2022 had climbed to the third step of the podium at the Italian Championships in Variano, Udine province, when she was a Second-Year Beginner. In the same category in Osoppo, the other athlete from the Modena team, Julia Kostner, narrowly missed the top ten, finishing 11th. Ale Colnago Team also made the podium in the men's Elite race thanks to Italian champion Gioele Bertolini, who finished third. In the women's race, Rebecca Gariboldi finished in 5th position. These were the other placements of Ale Colnago Team athletes: 7th Ema Paci (Second-Year Women Beginners), 7th Greta Masini Women Juniors (4th in the 2nd year), 14th Omar Berlini (First-Year Juniors), 17th Nicolas Scalorbi (Juniors), 1

Milena Cavani, who leads the team with Eva Lechner, analyzed the performances in Osoppo. "A very challenging route, tactically difficult to interpret, even though the terrain conditions were good. It's always very difficult to make a difference on this beautiful course, even though it has changed compared to last year. Azzetti didn't start perfectly but immediately positioned herself among the leaders, then to avoid a crash in front of her, she was forced to put her foot down and was left behind the best group at the end of the first lap. She immediately restarted and had to race entirely in recovery, managing to first catch up with those ahead and then drop all her rivals from her wheel. Bertolini added the cherry on top of the day with a race also entirely in recovery, securing a beautiful bronze medal. Eva and I are very happy with this season start: there's a positive atmosphere within the team, and this is certainly an added value

Double commitment for Ale Colnago Team on Sunday, October 19th: in Sutrio, Udine province, for the Zoncross Classic International and in Emilia Romagna for the 1st City of Castelnovo di Sotto Trophy, a race valid as the regional championship.

(photo by Alessio Pederiva)