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On a base displaying the city of Bergamo, M\u00b0 Antonino Rando melted Gimondi’s victories at the Giro d’Italia in three pink jerseys bearing the names of Salvarani and Bianchi-Campagnolo teams<\/em><\/p>\n The perfect summary of a story full of pink. The three unforgettable successes claimed by Felice Gimondi<\/strong> at the Giro d’Italia<\/strong> within a 10-year period were merged by the Master Antonino Rando<\/strong> in the 21st Granfondo Internazionale Felice Gimondi Bianchi’s trophy<\/strong>. In the wake of a long-standing relationship with the Granfondo and the champion of Sedrina, the well-known Master-goldsmith and sculptor from Bergamo handcrafted the trophy: the special awards will be delivered to any category\u2019s winner along with the medals for all participants to the event entitled “Felice Gimondi in pink<\/strong>“. Organized by G.M. Sport<\/strong>, the 2017 Granfondo Gimondi Bianchi is scheduled on May 7th in Bergamo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To sculpt means synthetizing, taking the substance off to express a concept, shaping. At his lab in Alm\u00e9<\/strong> (in Bergamo’s nearbies), Rando melted sensitivity and delicacy, feelings and memories, history and legend, shaping in a piece of bronze – and making it – an unforgettable decade of cycling history. “The concept of the 2017 trophy comes from a conversation with the organizer Giuseppe Manenti<\/strong>: we shared the idea of focusing on the the three pink jerseys won by Gimondi and the name of the teams he rode with, Salvarani and Bianchi-Campagnolo. The base represents the city of Bergamo, historically and indissolubluy linked to the event<\/em>” M\u00b0 Rando explained.<\/p>\n Since long time, Rando himself is strongly connected with the event too: “I collaborated with Granfondo’s OC from the second edition onwards. I love sports, cycling in particular, and I could appreciated Gimondi as a rider and as a person then: now I can boast we’re close friends<\/em>“.<\/p>\n M\u00b0 Rando took care of special wax technique to shape the 2017 edition trophy personally: \u201cBronze melting process allows to produce the copies for the event. The silver medals and those for all participants are produced with same graphic layout afterwards<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n Next May 7th the participants will spread on the three demanding and evocative Granfondo’s routes: the 162,1 km<\/strong> long route with six climbs; the 128,8 km<\/strong> medium route featuring four uphills; the 89,4 km<\/strong> short route with three climbs, including two of the most iconic ones in the Bergamo area.<\/p>\n