History of the Challenge Stellina

by Dave Dunham

Here are the results from 1993 on. The current format was adopted in 1993. The race is held in Susa, Italy. It covers 16K in distance, and climbs 5,000 feet (just short of a mile). Yoiks!

1993
1. Bonzi Fausto 1:22:37 Italy
2. Dave Dunham 1:23:23 USA
3. Claudio Amati 1:24:54 Italy
10. Matthew Cull 1:31:36 USA

Teams: 1 Italy 2:47:33 2 USA 2:54:59 3 Germany 2:55:16

1994
1. Thierry Icart 1:22:27 France
2. Gelindo Pilot 1:22:46 Italy
3. Dave Dunham 1:22:48 USA (CMS)
30. Dan Verrington 1:33:56 USA (CMS)
32. Robb Reece 1:35:21 USA

Teams 1 Italy 2:46:11 2 France 2:49:50 3 Switzerland 2:50:12 6 USA 2:56:44

1995
1. Antonio Molinari 1:18:44 Italy
2. Peter Schatz 1:20:41 Austria
3. German Fernandez 1:21:17 Colombia
10. Dave Dunham 1:25:48 USA (CMS)
14. Dan Verrington 1:28:10 USA (CMS)
15. Mike Casner 1:28:20 USA (CMS)
25. Matthew Cull 1:32:35 USA
34. Lyndon Ellefson 1:35:18 USA

Teams 1 Italy 2:41:08 2 USA 2:53:58 3 Switzerland 2:54:28

1996
1. Antonio Molinari 1:17:36 Italy
2. Helmut Schmuck 1:21:38 Austria
3. Theirry Icart 1:23:52 France
5. Dave Dunham 1:24:54 USA (CMS)
9. Mike Casner 1:27:30 USA (CMS)
20. Dan Verrington 1:30:23 USA (CMS)
30. Lyndon Ellefson 1:36:35 USA

Teams 1 Italy 2:42:40 2 Austria 2:50:05 3 USA 2:52:22

1997
1 Antonio Molinari 1:21:57 Italy
2 Thierry Icart 1:23:32 France
3 Claudio Amati 1:24:16 Italy
12 Richard Shelley 1:27:36 USA
15 Mike Casner 1:29:01 USA (CMS)
23 Eric Morse 1:33:09 USA (CMS)

Teams 1 Italy 2:46:13 2 Switzerland 4 USA 2:56:37

Please note: Dan Verrington also ran as the US team manager. No result is available yet. Unconfirmed that he DNF'd the race.

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Page revd August 25, 1997, barryWoof!