PANTANISSIMA
The Pantanissima Gran Fondo is a Gran Fondo which takes place in April in 2012 (previously in September) and was created by Tonina Pantani, mother of the late Marco Pantani, in order to honour her son's achievements in the cycling world and to take cyclists through the roads and countryside where Marco used to train. As is typical for a Gran Fondo, there are two routes available for participants to ride:
Short route 106km
Long route 151km
This event started in 2008 and so it is still quite small however the atmosphere is no less than that of any of the other Gran Fondos and the emotion behind it is really something special due to the active participation and organisation of Marco's family. We, here at the Belvedere, are extremely enthusiastic about this new event and would like to see it grow and become as popular as the Nove Colli as the routes are just as spectacular and well worth the effort for any cyclist and nature lover.
Three years in a row the Belvedere has won the prize for the largest team entered and we'd like to do the same in 2012 so come and join us and help us achive this objective!
Click here to read what Marco Pantani's mum wrote to us following the event.
Click here to read a report that one of our guests wrote, who took part in the race for the first time in 2008.
Contact us directly for more information regarding the Pantanissima event and how to enter.
