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Deadline extended for 21st edition\u2019s registration. Dedicated to Felice Gimondi\u2019s feats at the Giro d\u2019Italia, the 2017 Granfondo will be held on May 7th<\/em><\/p>\n The doors to the Granfondo Internazionale Felice Gimondi Bianchi<\/strong> of next May 7th, 2017<\/strong> are still open. The deadline for 21st editions<\/strong>\u2019 registrations was originally over on Friday, April 14th<\/strong>, but the organizers decided to extend them until race numbers are sold out. It is the final call for the late or undertain amateur riders and for those who couldn’t secure their presence at the event yet, named “Felice Gimondi in pink<\/strong>” to honor the feats of Sedrina’s champion at the Giro d’Italia.<\/p>\n \u201cWe still have a few places available<\/em> – Giuseppe Manenti said – and we decided to extend the deadline, but we know they will run out in just a few days. Year by year, the Granfondo is drawing more and more attention on an international scale: we have received requests and sealed new partnernships from all over the world<\/em>\u201d. The amateur riders will test their skills and ambitions on three different routes – short (89,4 km), medium (128,8 km) and long (162,1 km)<\/strong> \u2013 charted by Felice Gimondi on the hills around Bergamo. The participants will have the opportunity to choose which way to go for during the race, without having to bound to one route or another at the moment of the registration or at the start line.<\/p>\n As in its tradition, confirming the impressive force fielded in 2016, the G.M. Sport aims to offer its renowned organizational quality and the highest standards of safety. More than 850 people<\/strong> will be involved: moto relays (55<\/strong>), traffic police motos (10<\/strong>), permanent mechanical assistance points (10<\/strong>), neutral wheel cars (2<\/strong>), feed zones (5<\/strong>), intermediate checkpoints (6<\/strong>), official following cars (15<\/strong>), service vehicles (25<\/strong>), FCI race directors (4<\/strong>), radio stations (60<\/strong>), White Cross operators (75<\/strong>), mountain rescue units in Val Taleggio area (6<\/strong>), viability operators (300<\/strong>), including 60<\/strong> from security forces.<\/p>\n