30|08|2010 - The inaugural Gran Fondo Colnago Philadelphia hosted 1,700 participants for an Italian-style group ride held throughout the rolling terrain surrounding Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, August 8th 2010. The Gran Fondo Philadelphia is Gran Fondo USA’s second in a series of three Italian-style mass-start group rides. The first-ever event was held last year in San Diego. This year the organization added two new events, Philadelphia in August and Los Angeles on October 24. Consul General of Italy, Luigi Scotto, On. Amato Berardi, Yuri Chechi and Antonio Rossi were in attendance.

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