VERMEERSCH VERSUS VERMEERSCH – FLORIAN’S VENI VIDI VICI IN CITTADELLA
Cittadella - On Friday the historic walled city of Cittadella played host to a memorable duel between two riders of the same appellation, nationality and designs on the crown of world’s greatest in the emerging discipline of gravel racing - and, in the battle pitting Vermeersch (Alpecin-Deceuninck) against Vermeersch (Lotto-Dstny), it was the latter, Florian, who narrowly prevailed over the former, Gianni, in the third edition of the Serenissima Gravel. Second in the UCI World Gravel Championship last weekend and third in the Giro del Veneto, the first race in the Ride the Dreamland Series on Wednesday, Florian Vermeersch started Friday’s 149.4km race among the favourites - as did Gianni, the inaugural UCI gravel world champion on an almost [...]