Cycling, Europeans, Italy dressed in gold at Team Relay, Ghana screaming

Italy opens the European Championship in Trento: the first round of the Elite category the first gold in the mixed relay arrives immediately, with a time of 51 ’59 “. Ganna, Sobrero and De Marchi dominate the male part of the team mixed relay race, giving Cavalli, Cecchini and Longo Borghini a 26” treasure in Germany and the Netherlands, then three girls. Second place goes to Germany, at 52 ’19 “, with the Netherlands disappointing and finishing third at 52 ’25”.

In a test that saw us start as favorites like the Netherlands from the day before, Italy immediately flew to the top and never looked back. 52 ’25 “the time that the Dutch sextet put in the first battery, with an average test of Mollema, Van Emden and Bouwman in the male and a great moment of the female trio, led by Vollering and Pieters. The Azzurri took to the streets in the second dose , with Germany and France, the other two opponents for the podium.

Ghana, De Marci and Sombrero, the current Italian distance champions, immediately set the record. passing with a 26 “advantage over the Netherlands and Germany: a lot, a lot indeed to recover in just 22.4 km. From there began the golden walk of Longo Borgini, Cavalli and Cecini who finished at the same time as the Dutch, maintaining the advantage over the Netherlands and resisting the return of the German trio, which delayed 20 “.

Therefore, the Europeans, in terms of the Elite category, are opening up in the best possible way for the Azzurri, who will try to increase the score in the individual timers of men and women starting tomorrow. Expected above all for Filippo Ganna, who will find opponents of the highest level. The blue, current world champion, will not have to compete with the silver world champion Wout Van Aert, but he will still find bread for his teeth in a decisively competitive starting game.