24 hours Val Rendena
Giorgio Ducoli Memorial Competition

by Raffaele Berretti

It's a pleasant competition, an amusing competition, a hard and exhausting competition, indeed one of those competitions you hardly ever forget. Maybe for this reason, it has become over the last few years an irresistible call which attracts many athletes who reach Val Rendena to give life to a breathtaking two wheels show. (Sept. 2-3, 2006).
The mixed route, 6 kilometres long, takes place among the ancient historical centres of the villages of Bocenago, Caderzone and Strembo. The athletes cycle around old fountains, pass through cobbled paved alleys and well-kept fields to eventually face ups and downs prepared on purpose in order to create changes and difficulties. Around a thousand two hundred bikers who, alone or in relay teams, challenge themselves cycling for 24 hours non-stop, in an atmosphere of sympathizing competition, tiring joy and friendly antagonism.