{"id":491,"date":"2014-11-12T20:15:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.warrencycling.com\/?page_id=491"},"modified":"2016-04-12T17:02:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:02:16","slug":"2015-italian-gran-fondo-camp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.warrencycling.com\/?page_id=491","title":{"rendered":"2016 Italian Gran Fondo Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2016 Gran Fondo Camp in Tuscany, Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0April 17-25<\/strong>, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This 8-day Tuscan cycling camp includes participation in one of Italy\u2019s famous Gran Fondo bicycle events, Gran Fondo Isola d’Elba\u00a0in Portoferraio<\/span>.<\/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,\u00a0Il Raduno<\/a>, through secluded countryside and small historic villages such as Pitigliano and Sorano.<\/p>\n

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Experience an Italian Cycling phenomenon, the Gran Fondo, unlike anything in the United States<\/p><\/div>\n

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The end of our week in Tuscany will see us travel to\u00a0Portoferraio on the Island of Elba\u00a0to participate in a classic Gran Fondo. Italy\u2019s Gran Fondo bicycle events\u00a0are 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\u00a0Max 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\u00a0Randy Warren<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Warren 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\u00a0overall. Randy has been leading cycling camps since 2003 helping cyclists to experience great riding, training and racing all over America and in Tuscany and Sardinia, Italy.<\/p>\n

For more information see\u00a0www.warrencycling.com<\/a><\/p>\n