{"id":305,"date":"2012-01-06T04:24:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T04:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.warrencycling.com\/?page_id=305"},"modified":"2013-11-18T21:09:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T21:09:22","slug":"2012-italy-granfondo-camp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.warrencycling.com\/?page_id=305","title":{"rendered":"2013 Italy Granfondo Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2013 Granfondo\/Giro d’Italia Camp in Tuscany, Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>May 7-13, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

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See promo video here<\/p>\n

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This 7-day Tuscan cycling camp includes participation in one of Italy\u2019s famous Granfondo bicycle races, Gran Fondo della Vernaccia in San Gimignano. The camp also includes a visit to the finish of the Giro d’Italia stage #9 in Florence. <\/strong>Watch Italy’s National Tour with a former Giro d’Italia stage winner, Max Lelli!<\/p>\n

Participants in this trip will race for the Max Lelli team in a Max Lelli Kit (included in the cost of the camp).<\/p>\n

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Night view of Pitigliano<\/p><\/div>\n

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We will train in beautiful\u00a0Tuscany\u00a0based out of Max Lelli\u2019s estate, Il Raduno<\/a>, through secluded countryside and small historic villages such as Pitigliano and Sorano.<\/p>\n

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Our Granfondo will start and stop in San Gimignano.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The end of our week in Tuscany will see us travel north to San Gimignano to participate in a classic Granfondo. Italy\u2019s Granfondo bicycle races are known throughout the world as an exceptional experience, one that you will get to be a part of with this camp.<\/p>\n

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About Max Lelli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Max Lelli is an ex-professional Italian born in Manciano (near Grosseto, in Tuscany). He participated in 14 Tours de France, cycling alongside such legends as Argentin, Cipollini, Fondriest, Bartoli, and Casagrande. He won a team time trial at the Tour de France with the team Ceramiche Arriostea. At the Giro d’Italia his best finish was 3rd overall in 1991 (and 4th in 1993), winning the Monviso and Selva d Valgardena stages as well as the white jersey as best young rider of the Giro. He participated in three world championships, won on two occasions the Giro di Toscana, and became the Italian time trial champion. In 1996 he became the first Italian to win the Tour of Portugal. In 1997 Max won the most important race in the USA: the Core States championship in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

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Randy with Sorano as a backdrop, just one of the historic towns that we ride through on this trip.<\/p><\/div>\n

About Randy Warren<\/strong> and Warren Cycling<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Randy, a USA Cycling level 1 coach, has been coaching cyclists and cycling teams since 1987. A former Masters National Champion, Randy has also raced in the Masters World Championships in Russia including winning one race and placing 4th<\/sup> overall. Randy has been leading cycling camps since 2003 helping cyclists to experience great riding, training and racing all over America and, more recently, in Tuscany and Sardinia, Italy.<\/p>\n

For more information see www.warrencycling.com<\/a><\/p>\n