GP Castenaso on March 20

Postponed because of bad weather last March 6, 2005, the ninth Grand Prix of Castenaso will take place this Sunday, March 20, just one day after the Primavera Rosa, the only Italian round of the World Cup. The International women's race will see one hundred starters near Bologna, riding a circuit of 6.1 km for a total of 109.8 km. The main contenders will be German sprinter Regina Schleicher, Italian champion Fabiana Luperini, Russian Svetlana Boubnenkova, Lithuanians Edita Pucinskaite and Modesta Vzesniauskaite as well as Giorgia Bronzini, winner on March 6 in Brissago. Italian time-trial champion Giovanna Troldi was victorious in Bologna last year.