i.idroDRAIN-Bianchi Team enjoyed another good performance on Saturday July 12th at the Dolomiti Superbike, demanding 119 km marathon race around Villabassa (Bolzano, Northern Italy). Colombian Leonardo Paez was a strong runner-up on the day, surrendering only to Ilias Periklis after managing to stay at the sharp end for most of the race on his Bianchi Methanol 27SL.
Paez paired with Kristian Kynek (who eventually finished third) to bridge back on Periklis and his teammate Ferreira after their attack on the biggest climb of the day, and went on to keep his streak of excellent results alive.
Paez’ teammate, Italian Tony Longo, also provided a solid performance, closing 7th after sitting in the restricted favorites’ group until deep in the race on Methanol 27SL as well.
GHIROTTO: “ANOTHER STRONG TEAM DISPLAY”
“It was another successful day for us, and I feel very satisfied – Team Manager Massimo Ghirotto stated afterwards. “Paez was very strong once again, and added another important result to an impressive season so far. We are also happy about Longo, who is more and more consistently getting good results is the top events on the Marathon calendar.”
NEXT ON THE WEEKEND
Tonight and tomorrow, Sunday July 13th, i.IdroDRAIN-Bianchi’s Gerhard Kerschbaumer will race at Monte Pana event in Santa Caterina Valgardena (Northern Italy), in both the Eliminator and Cross Country event.
Junior Team’s Junior Chiara Teocchi and Cadet Katia Moro will take part in the Giro del Monte Canto in Pontida (Bergamo, Northern Italy) on Sunday July 13th, while Junior Giorgio Rossi will start at 22nd GP Val d’Illasi road race.
Treviglio (BG), July 12th, 2014
