South Garda BIKE Endurance 3H · Finale Race⏱ 3h05

PHCC Cervelo Team claimed victory in the 185-minute endurance final held on 22 August 2026 at South Garda Karting in Lonato del Garda, completing 99 laps on the 1,250-metre circuit ahead of 20 rival teams. It was a hard-fought result settled by the finest of margins at the very top of the standings.

Second place went to ASD Borello Cycling Team (kart #9), also on 99 laps, but just 1.563 seconds adrift at the flag — one of the tightest finishes of the season. Third was Duri Come Pali (kart #10), one lap down at 98 tours, while Team Bhooo and Watt a Team completed the top five, both on 96 laps and separated by a mere 0.130 s.

The fastest lap of the race — 1:35.877 — was set by Duri Come Pali, underlining the raw pace that the third-place finishers had in reserve. The gap between P6 (Prommarola Cycling Club, 92 laps) and P7 (Bikeflip, 91 laps) illustrates how the field spread across more than 23 laps from first to last over the course of nearly three hours. All but three teams completed 13 pit stops; Prommarola Cycling Club, Team BDBC and CME Cycling Team each made 14, while Power Ranger del Discount recorded 15 passages.

Analysing the pure pace data, ASD Borello Cycling Team posted the best median lap time in the field at 1:40.991, edging the winners' 1:41.053 — yet Borello had to settle for second place, meaning the 1.563-second gap was ultimately decided by execution over the full distance rather than raw speed alone. PHCC Cervelo Team, ranked second in pure pace, managed 13 pit stops and showed strong mid-race relays, particularly stints 8 and 9 where their median times dipped to 1:38.962 and 1:39.763 respectively. Their final stint (relay 13, 9 laps) showed a drift of 0.65 s/lap, but the cushion built earlier proved sufficient.

Duri Come Pali stand out as the most consistent team overall (standard deviation of 2.34 s, the best in the field), and their fastest absolute lap of 1:35.877 — achieved in relay 9 — highlights the speed they could unlock in short bursts. However, a median race pace of 1:43.500 placed them third in the rhythm rankings, which translated precisely into third place on the road.

Two notable strategic contrasts emerge from the data. GRT Endurance 2 (P13) carried the 7th-best pure pace in the field but finished 13th — a gap of six positions that points to time lost off-pace rather than a lack of outright speed. At the other end of the spectrum, MAD56 (P14) outperformed their raw pace ranking of 17th by three positions, suggesting efficient management of their available performance. The sharpest tyre degradation recorded belonged to Picchi e Paccheri, whose first relay deteriorated by 3.23 s/lap — the steepest single-stint decline in the entire race.

Key takeaways for teams: At South Garda Karting, pure pace alone does not guarantee the result — ASD Borello's superior median rhythm was not enough to overhaul PHCC Cervelo Team's race management over 185 minutes. Consistency (low lap-time variance across relays) and controlling degradation in the final stints appear to be the decisive factors on this 1,250-metre circuit. Teams with high intra-stint variation, such as Picchi e Paccheri and Prommarola Cycling Club, paid a heavy price in laps lost despite occasionally posting competitive individual lap times.