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TX Active-Bianchi’s Gerhard Kerschbaumer won a round earlier the MTB “Internazionali d’Italia”. Italian U23 rider took the final success thanks to a brilliant victory in the round-4 in Chies d’Alpago, Northern Italy, on Sunday, June 5th. Good news even for Tony Longo: his gap from the Elite ranking’s leader has been reduced to one point.

Kerschbaumer outdistanced all his opponents, clinching first overall and clocking 1.40:06. Michele Casagrande was runner-up, with a 23-seconds gap. Thanks to the 35 points taken in Chies d’Alpago, TX Active-Bianchi’s rider flies to 170 in Internazionali’s ranking, unachievable score for everyone. Longo placed tenth and fifth of Elite series, going up to 81 points, just one less than Marco Aurelio Fontana, leader jersey’s holder, and levelled with Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez. A mechanical problem forced Cristian Cominelli to give up.

One success and four placing for the Junior Team, in the Coppa Italia’s side event. Cadet Cristian Boffelli scored a fantastic victory on a muddy course and under the pouring rain, whilst Italian champion Federico Barri finished fourth. Chiara Teocchi was runner-up among the girls. Rookies Oscar Vairetti and Giorgio Rossi went close to podium, taking respectively fourth and fifth.

Bianchi bikes keep on confirming successful on the Norhtern Europe races. Jayco AIS’ Michael Hepburn won on his Bianchi "Sempre model" saddle a five-man sprint at the end of the 175 km Glava Tour of Norway second stage in Drammen. Queenland’s 19-year-old rider scored his first victory in a European stage race.

The race was shaken by the double attempt of Jayco AIS’ Mal Rudolf, but it was Hepburn who found the right breakaway alongside Dane Rene Jorgensen (Christina Watches) and Norwegian Frode Solberg (Sparebanken Vest). Hepburn was first over the climb 15 km from the finish line, but Dutchman Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank), Norway’s Fredrik Willmann (Joker Merida) and Dane Michael Rasmussen (Christina Watches) caught him and Jorgensen. In the final kilometres, Australian rider raced smartly and kept his legs freshest for the final sprint, bringing his “Bianchi Sempre” to the victory.

TX Active-Bianchi’s rider can take the U23 series’ final victory in round-5
On Sunday, June 5th Felice Gimondi’s team will race in Lamosano di Chies d’Alpago (Belluno) at MTB Alpago Trophy, with élite Tony Longo and Cristian Cominelli, U23 Gerhard Kerschbaumer and Ricardo Marinheiro and the whole Junior Team

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Alberto Contador, 94th Giro d’Italia outstanding winner, was not the sole one celebrating a happy day in Milan, where the pink race came to end today, Sunday, May 29th. Bianchi and Team Androni completed an exciting Giro d’Italia in which the squad leaded by Gianni Savio and equipped by “Bianchi Oltre” bike was in the front line from the start-up in Turin to the end, with two stage wins and an unbelievable number of podium and top-5 placements.

But the main good news of this Giro was Androni’s Josè Rujano indeed, who completed one of the hardest stage race in recent history with a seventh place in the overall. The Venezuelan rider dropped from sixth after time trial stage, with white jersey Roman Kreuziger as beneficiary. However, his Giro was fantastic: with a stunning win on Grossglockner top, runner-up on Etna and Sestriere, Rujano put the seal on what has been a hugely successful return to form.

Michele Scarponi and Vincenzo Nibali rounded-off Giro’s podium, both over 6 minutes behind the Spaniard who controlled the race from the moment he surged away from the field to win on Mount Etna taking over the leader’s maglia rosa.
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Just some placements for TX Active-Bianchi team at the World Cup XCO’s round 3, run in Offenburg (Germany) on Saturday-Sunday, May 28th-29th.

In the Elite race Stephane Tempier, 8th placed in South Africa’s debut race and 11th in UK, couldn’t get any Top-10 position. After seven exhausting laps because of the summer heat, French rider finished 19th. Cristian Cominelli tried in vain to improve the placement get in Dalby Forest, whilst Tony Longo was forced to withdraw because of a crash. On Saturday, May 28th, U23 Gerhard Kerschbaumer had taken tenth keeping his 2nd place in the overall.

Junior Team celebrated their return to races with 3 wins and 2 podiums at Lombardy regional championships in Provaglio Val Sabbia (Brescia). Federico Barri and Chiara Teocchi won in Cadet series, Giorgio Rossi was the best in the Rookies category, followed by his team-mate Oscar Vairetti. Cadet Cristian Boffelli clinched a good third position.

It was a demanding day for Gerhard Kerschbaumer, in the World Cup XCO’s round-3. In spite of physical problems, TX Active-Bianchi’s U23 rider hold on the 2nd place overall in Offenburg (Germany), clinching the 10th position thanks to a generous performance on Saturday, May 28th. His main opponent, Austrian Alexander Gehbauer, won the race, but Kerschbaumer already warns him: “I’ll get my revenge in round four”.

Gimondi team’s rider, winner in Pietermaritzburg and runner-up in Dalby Forest, started smoothly and controlled the race in the first lap. He run in the leading group also in the second lap, then he complained for physical problems and slid to tenth position. “It was the first time I suffered such problems. I had stomachache and backache. The second overall? It’s good, but today I can’t be happy”, Kerschbaumer commented.

TX Active-Bianchi will look for more satisfactions in Offenburg’s Elite race, on Sunday, May 29th at 2 p.m. It won’t be easy, but the goal is to take a Top-10 position with French Stephane Tempier, 9th overall after two rounds, and good placements by Tony Longo and Cristian Cominelli.

On the last mountains Androni’s climber flew from 10th to 6th overall

After the second place on Etna volcano and the victory on Grossglockner mountain, Josè Rujano clinched one more podium with his Bianchi Oltre model on Saturday, May 28th, thanks to a great recovery. In the spotlight even Angel Vicioso