Cannondale Factory Racing's Marco Aurelio Fontana took home the national cross country championship title in Italy this weekend.
"I felt really good today," said Fontana. "After I flated on some stairs, I caught up quickly and pushed hard until the finish line."
Johnny Cattaneo (Full Dynamix) came in second after 39 seconds. Alessandro Gambino (KTM - Dayco ASD) was third.
Eva Lechner (Colnago Arreghini Esereito) won the women's race with a 1:27 advantage over Roberta Gaparini (KTM-Dayco AST) and with a 3:13 margin over third placed Elena Gaddoni (Promo Bike).
Racing in his native city, Cristian Cominelli (TX Active-Bianchi) won the under 23 men's race over Roberto Crisi and Elia Silvestri. Cominelli is already the Italian cyclo-cross under 23 champion, and this win marks his tenth title overall and fifth in the cross country. He's got four total titles in cyclo-cross and one in the marathon.
"Becoming Italian champion is always a great emotion," said Cominelli, "even more when it happens in my city and in front of crowds."
| 1 | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Cannondale Factory Racing) | 1:49:19 |
| 2 | Johnny Cattaneo (Full Dynamix) | 0:00:39 |
| 3 | Alessandro Gambino (KTM - Dayco ASD) | 0:01:19 |
| 4 | Mirko Celestino (Axevo-Alba Orobia) | 0:01:51 |
| 5 | Pierluigi Bettelli (Scott RTASD) | 0:02:36 |
| 6 | Dario David Cioni (ISD) | 0:03:26 |
| 7 | Yader Zoli (Torpado - 4US) | 0:03:41 |
| 8 | Mirko Pirazzoli (ISD) | 0:05:01 |
| 9 | Marzio Deho (GS Cicli Olympia) | 0:05:27 |
| 10 | Ramon Bianchi (Scott RTASD) | 0:05:54 |
| 1 | Eva Lechner (Colnago Arreghini Esereito) | 1:28:51 |
| 2 | Roberta Gaparini (KTM-Dayco AST) | 0:01:27 |
| 3 | Elena Gaddoni (Promo Bike) | 0:03:13 |
| 4 | Michela Benzoni (Lissone MTB ASD) | 0:05:13 |
| 5 | Elena Giacomuzzi (Caprivesi) | 0:06:23 |
| 6 | Sibylle Werth (L'Arcobaleno Carraro) | 0:11:33 |
| 7 | Barbara Oberdorfer (L'Arcobaleno Carraro) | 0:11:48 |
| 8 | Claudia Andolina (Team Hiker) | 0:12:19 |
| 9 | Alessia Ghezzo (Torpado - 4US) | 0:13:31 |
| 10 | Karin Tosato (Torpado - 4US) | 0:14:46 |
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