Team Eco-Italia
Team Number: 27
Country: Italy
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COMPETITOR	AGE	RESIDENCE	PROFESSION
Marco Rossignoli, CAPTAIN	39	Monzambano, Italy	Mechanic
Athletic Resume: Eco-Challenge 1998: 24th place. 1999 Elf Authentic Adventure, 1995 Raid Gauloises, Raiverd, Corsica Raid Adventure, 1989 Camel Trophy Representative of Italy, 1981-1988 competed in five raids with an off-road mountain bike through the Sahara Desert. Marco has been a canyoneering and rafting guide for the past two years and is an avid mountain biker, kayaker, and ice climber.
COMPETITOR	AGE	RESIDENCE	PROFESSION
Francesca Bentivoglio	34	Lecco, Italy	Physiotherapist
Athletic Resume: Eco-Challenge 1998: 24th place. 1998 Camel Trophy final Italian selection in the Dolomiti de Cadore. Francesca is a competitive triathlete and is active in mountain biking, kayaking, horseback riding, scuba diving, Nordic and alpine skiing. She was a member of the Italian National Rowing Team from 1986 to 1992. She has won 11 different Italian championship rowing races and in 1987 she won a bronze medal in the World Championships.
COMPETITOR	AGE	RESIDENCE	PROFESSION
Ezio Leoni	29	Arco, Italy	Joiner
Athletic Resume: Ezio is an experienced mountaineer having made ascents of Cervino, Adamello, Hortles, Presanella's north face, Marmolada, Gran Zebru, Monte Bianco, Bernina in the Alps and Chimborazo and Cayambe in Ecuador. He enjoys climbing, mountain biking and skiing (last winter he did 60,000m of elevation). For the last two years he has been competing in the Salomon X-Mountain series in Germany, Austria, and France.
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Giovanni Montini	33	Barasso, Italy	Nurse
Athletic Resume: Eco-Challenge 1998: 24th place. 1999 Marathon Des Sables, 1997 Camel Trophy Italy Trails. Giovanni has trekked the Mont Blanc Tour, Val Grande crossing and the Inca Trail. He has also taken part in various cross-country races and biathlons in Italy. He has participated in many mountain bike races including La Via dei Saraceni, Rampiloga and Roc d' Azur. Giovanni also practices sea kayaking, downhill skiing, holds a black belt in Karate and has organized motor bike trips in Moscow, the Moroccan desert, Tunisia and Peru.