Monteforte d'Alpone (Italy), Sunday 23 January 2011

Montefortiana Tura' 2011 (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)

Paul Sugut (6) leads the field.

 

Paul Sugut of Kenya and Asmae Ghizlane of Morocco are the winners of the 2011 edition of the Montefortiana Turà, which concluded the Montefortiana running and walking festival with over 20,000 participants.

The event took place in the village of Monteforte d'Alpone, situated in the very pretty Soave wine-growing region between Verona and Vicenza in northern Italy.

Named after a sparkling red wine which is produced in the area, the Montefortiana Turà consists of two road races for elite athletes. The route is an undulating 1.5k-loop-course through the village. Women run 6,060 metres (four laps), and men run 10,605 metres (seven laps).

In the men's race, Italy's top marathon runner Denis Curzi was the only European runner who did not drop off the leading group of five African athletes. At the end, he had to be content with 6th place, however, just 9 seconds behind the winner Paul Sugut, who had controlled the race from the start and then proved the strongest in the sprint finish.

The women's race, in contrast, was decided much earlier. Asmae Ghizlane ran beautifully smoothly from start to finish and won by a comfortable margin.

 

Results Montefortiana Turà 2011

Men 10.605km (22 finishers)

1. Paul Kipchumba Sugut KEN 0:31:27
2. Wilson Kipkemei Busienei UGA 0:31:28
3. Edward Kiptanui Too KEN 0:31:28
4. Eric Sebahire RWA 0:31:29
5. Rachid Jarmouni MAR 0:31:32

 

Women 6.06km (20 finishers)

1. Asmae Ghizlane MAR 0:20:08
2. Stefania Benedetti ITA 0:20:42
3. Sonia Lopes CPV 0:21:12
4. Chiara Lionzo ITA 0:21:31
5. Fiorenza Pierli ITA 0:21:48

 

Montefortiana Tura' 2011, start/finish area (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)

The men ran seven laps around Monteforte d'Alpone.

 

Asmae Ghizlane, 1st woman Montefortiana Tura' 2011 (Copyright © 2009-2010 runinternational.eu)

Asmae Ghizlane of Morocco, winner of the Montefortiana Turà 2011

 

Stefania Benedetti, 2nd woman Montefortiana Tura' 2011 (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)

Stefania Benedetti of Italy, 2nd place

 

Sonia Lopes, Montefortiana Tura' (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)

Sonia Lopes of Cape Verde, 3rd place

 

Montefortiana Turà 2011, leading group (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)

Denis Curzi (2), Paul Sugut (6) and Rachid Jarmouni (10)

 

Renato Tosi and Gerd Frick, Montefortiana Tura' 2011 (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)

Renato Tosi (left) and Gerd Frick

 

Montefortiana Tura' 2011, men's chasing pack (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)

Asmae Ghizlane at the back of the men's chasing group

 

Montefortiana Tura', the top 6 men (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)

The top 6 men in the final lap

 

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