Italian Ferraro drops into support team after struggle with injury
Top Absa Cape Epic team Trek Selle San Marco has had to make a last-minute change after Italian Damiano Ferraro was injured in a crash. Russian marathon champion Alexey Medvedev – who was scheduled to ride in the Trek Selle San Marco back up team – will replace Ferraro and ride with Samuele Porro, who […]
Italian duo back with serious intent
Last year Italians Damiano Ferraro and Samuele Porro arrived at the Absa Cape Epic as dark horses. They had competed with distinction on the world marathon circuit, but how would they manage the rigours of eight days of racing? Photo credit: Gary Perkin | Sportzpics Very well, as it turned out. The amiable Italian pairing […]
Unbelievable stage victory for Trek-Selle San Marco
Samuele Porro and Damiano Ferraro punched the air as they approached the finish line of Thursday’s fourth stage of the Absa Cape Epic. Just before the line, the pair who are riding for Trek-Selle San Marco, got off their bikes and carried them over the line in triumph, celebrating their first stage win of their […]
An Epic challenge out of Italy
Eleven of the top 15 finishers in the 2015 UCI Marathon World Championships will be racing the 2016 Absa Cape Epic, and two Italians among them are emerging as dark horses for a top step on the podium. Damiano Ferraro and Samuele Porro finished fifth and seventh respectively in the June championships, which was won […]