OPEN CHALLENGES
As a joke, we could say swelter is the winner of the second to last meeting of national Scooter race of Polini Italian Cup, on the technical modern track of Castrezzato. The summer sun has caught everyone in its grip, but certainly didn’t reduce the show, the engaging challenges and, most of all, the twists. In Scooter 100 Big Evolution, the protagonists showed two races rich in planetary contests. Well, in Top Class Scooter 100 Big Evolution, Race 1, Matteo Tiraferri was back to victory.
POLINI ITALIAN CUP 2021
SCOOTER 100 BIG EVOLUTION OPEN:
FIRE AND FLAMES
In Race 1, the quickest at start is Fabio Starnone, who is attacked by Tiraferri, who takes the lead till the end. Behind, the official rider of Polini Team, the Spanish Juan Francisco Oliva, slides and starts again from the last position. One more twist: Starnone stops and paves the way to Nico Morelli and Andrea Vignone. Oliva doesn’t delay coming back into the front group, and overtakes Morelli and Vignone.
In Race 2, lightning bolt of Starnone, before Tiraferri, followed by Blando and Oliva. Starnone substantially escapes, as Oliva and Tirafferri fight. At half-race Starnone pulls back. In the contest between Oliva and Tiraferri, the Spanish slips and Polini team rider is bound to fall in order not to run over him. The Slovenian Martin Mihael takes the lead, followed by Morelli. Tiraferri, who has restarted, falls again and has to withdraw. Mihael is passed by Oliva in the final sprint.
Day podium: Oliva, Mihael, Morelli.
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SCOOTER 70 EO FANS:
BIG CASAGRANDE
Andrea Casagrande starts from pole position and immediately takes the lead, followed by Alessandro Caminati and the championship leader Matteo Tortosa. Casagrande tries to escape, as Tortosa attacks and passes Caminati. Duel between Casagrande and Tortosa, as Davide Morselli and Dario Di Fiore come back. The race is decided in the final: Casagrande pushes away the last assault of Tortosa and goes to win on the final.
In Race-2 Casagrande sprints, Caminati and Tortosa chase him. Tortosa soon reaches the second position. Caminati tries to assail Tortosa who repulses his action. On the eighth lap Caminati slips. In the final, Casagrande doesn’t fear Tortosa, wins over him and Di Fiore.
Day podium: Casagrande, Tortosa, Di Fiore.
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SCOOTER 70 EVOLUTION SUPERSPORT:
THE FIRST RACE OF LANZILAO
Luca Zani in Race-1 has a good start but Lanzilao gets right away the lead before Marko Mihael and Fabio Starnone. Lanzilao and Zani run and impose the pace before Mihael and Starnone, chased by Luka Koren who passes Starnone and Mihael. Lanzilao distances Zani in the final, as behind Koren and Marko Mihael have a duel, while Starnone slips right on the last lap.
In Race-2 Starnone cannot start. Lanzilao immediately takes the lead over Zani and Scelzo. Lanzilao rapidly runs from everyone and Scelzo makes a mistake and has to recover from the rear rows. Lanzilao wins before Zani, Koren, Nicolò Cionna and Mihael. It is worth mentioning the seventh place of Cristian Picciallo despite his left leg is still getting healed from a fracture.
Day podium: Lanzilao, Zani, Koren.
