Massimo de Bertolis

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Massimo de Bertolis
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Born (1975-04-28) 28 April 1975 (age 47)
Feltre, Italy
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Discipline Cross-country
RoleRider
Rider typeMarathon
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Massimo de Bertolis (born 28 April 1975) is an Italian former professional cross-country mountain biker. He most notably won the 2004 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Bad Goisern, Austria. [1]

He also won the first round of the 2005 UCI XCM World Cup and finished 5th overall. In the 2007 edition, he won the second round in Villabassa and this time finished second overall.

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References

  1. "Massimo de Bertolis". the-sports.org. Retrieved 2 July 2021.