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13-6-2011 Alexey Medvedev - European Champion Marathon Elettroveneta-Corratec enriched his medals with the title of European Champion Marathon 2011 of his captain Alexey Medvedev, won a Kleinzell (Austria) town near the border with the czech republic.

Great satisfaction with the Russian Medvedev and his whole Team, on the occasion accompanied by d.t. Mark Finch, bring home from Austria a victory that counts, alert and lucid to plan race tactics to not fall in the pitfalls of the strong German and Austrian riders, as dangerous as ever following the success of recently obtained from the AlpenTour Trophy, but ruthless adversaries to inflict the final cut at the -10km from the arrival, after a swing of emotions all along the 100km to 3,000 m in altitude.

"They tried to" kill me "in every way - Alexey tells us on the phone - we were a bunch of 10 riders up to - 30km from the arrival, were the most active and combative are Bohme (Bulls) and Genze (Merida), but I anticipated taking to tear up to - 10km of the hard hill of Pisling".

Alexey Medvedev raised sized arms to the finish line after pulling a commanding sprint the Finnish Vastaranta (Milka-Trek), a climatic ending that allows him to climb into the top step of the podium to toast with the champagne and with the colors of its Elettroveneta -Corratec, his bike Corratec Revolution Carbo, and the prestigious blue shirt with a crown of golden stars of European Champion Marathon.