(By the FIDAL website)
Is growing the walker Michele Antonelli in 50 km of Andernach, Germany.
On the German roads, the Italian champion of 50km closes in third place at 3:53:08, to take away nearly four minutes a personal best.
So far his best result was the 3:56:57 that allowed him to win the national title this year in Catania, then the 22 year old Athletics Recanati this season has worn the blue jersey in the World Team Championships in Rome, on 20 km.
During the German national event, the athlete of Marche has conducted a regular race, with only a slight decline in the last part.
Behind him, third place (edn: fifth if we include German Championships) to Andrea Agrusti: even the 21 year-old Sardinian manages to establish personal best with 3:56:17 (previous of 4:00:07) at the end of a beautiful final progression, in a morning rather cold, wet from the rain at the start.
DNF however Lorenzo Dessi, after the 40th kilometer, and Mariavittoria Becchetti in the 20 km women.