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Dec-21-2005
Lebid, Baldini, Ritzenhein, Chepkemei to Headline Boclassic in Bolzano on New Year's Eve
by Bob Ramsak
(c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
Defending champion Sergiy Lebid, Olympic Marathon champion Stefano
Baldini,
American Dathan Ritzenhein and Susan Chepkemei of Kenya top the fields
for
31st Boclassic races in Bolzano, Italy, on December 31.
Beating a solid field last year, Lebid, who cruised to his sixth
European
cross country title earlier this month, edged Baldini by less than a
second
in the eight-lap 10 km race. But pulling off the biggest surprise was
Ritzenhein, who finished just half a second behind Baldini while making
his
professional road racing debut. Bolzano will be the first race for the
22-year-old since winning the U.S. 10 km road title at the Food World
Senior
Bowl on Nov. 5. Ritzenhein is also scheduled to defend his title at the
Belfast International Cross Country race on Jan. 7.
The solid field also includes Benjamin Limo of Kenya, the world
champion in
the 5000 meters, and Janne Holmen of Finland, the reigning European
champion
in the marathon.
Chepkemei leads the women's 5 km field in her first appearance since
finishing second at the ING New York City Marathon early last month.
Aniko
Kalovics of Hungary, Briton Joanne Pavey and Nadia Ejjafini of Bahrain
round
out the field of top international entrants. Gloria Marconi, Deborah
Toniolo, and Eleonora Berlanda lead a strong Italian contingent.
The Fields (as of 21-Dec):
MEN -
Sergiy Lebid, 1975, UKR
Stefano Baldini, 1971, ITA
Benjamin Limo, 1974, KEN
Janne Holmen, 1971, FIN
Dathan Ritzenhein, 1982, USA
Abderrahim Goumri, 1972, MAR
Jan Fitschen, 1977, GER
André Green, 1973, GER
Ronald Kipchumba, 1987, KEN
Wilson Busienei, 1981, UGA
Barnabas Bene, 1986, HUN
Abdelkebir Lamachi, 1980, MAR
Daniele Caimmi, 1972, ITA
Giovanni Gualdi, 1979, ITA
Danilo Goffi, 1971, ITA
Ennaji El Idrissi, 1984, MAR
Mohamed Hajjy, 1978, MAR
Gabriele De Nard, 1974, ITA
Andrea Regazzoni, 1978, ITA
Simone Zanon, 1975, ITA
Mattia Maccagnan, 1980, ITA
Massimo Pegoretti, 1974, ITA
Roland Weissteiner, 1978, ITA
Markus Ploner, 1976, ITA
Denis Curzi, 1975, ITA
Yuri Floriani, 1981, ITA
Francesco Ingargiola, 1973, ITA
Migidio Bourifa, 1969, ITA
Ruggero Pertile, 1974, ITA
Salvatore Vincenti, 1972, ITA
Michele Gamba, 1972, ITA
Maurizio Leone, 1973, ITA
Christian Obrist, 1980, ITA
Riccardo Baggia, 1971, ITA
Adriano Pinamonti, 1967, ITA
Luigi Guarnati, 1974, ITA
Daniele Dolci, 1971, ITA
Mirko Sanna, 1974, ITA
Mirko Matuzzi, 1974, ITA
Peter Lanziner, 1977, ITA
Giorgio Bresciani, 1967, ITA
Rachid Jarmouni, 1973, MAR
WOMEN -
Susan Chepkemei, 1975, KEN
Aniko Kalovics, 1977, HUN
Joanne Pavey, 1973, GBR
Nadia Ejjafini, 1980, BHR
Gloria Marconi, 1968, ITA
Deborah Toniolo, 1977, ITA
Eleonora Berlanda, 1976, ITA
Rosalba Console, 1979, ITA
Silvia Weissteiner, 1979, ITA
Agnes Tschurtschenthaler, 1982, ITA
Rosita Rota Gelpi, 1975, ITA
Renate Rungger, 1979, ITA
Fatna Maraoui, 1977, ITA
Marzena Michalska, 1975, ITA
Joanna Drelicharz, POL
Anna Rosso, 1986, ITA
Lorenza Beatrici, 1970, ITA
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