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At the gates of Montebelluna, the gravel-road “Stradon del Bosco” changes to asphalt in “Biadene”: with 3,000 m to the finish line, the first easily descending right turn ends on “Galeazze” road. The next sharp right turn and the following left turn cross the “Aglaia Anassilide” road.

The long straight of the “Consolata” street leads onto “Feltrina” street, which has to be ridden on the cycle-path on the left side, now 2,500m to go: the slight descend to the junction of  “Montello” road changes into a slight slope up to the location “Boccacavalla”. A right turn-off leads to the last ascent of the race at 2 km from the finish.

The short, but steep and narrow “Tre Pini” single-trail climbs up this merciless incline to the top of the hill of the same name. Once there, it’s all a downhill: the first concreted then asphalted “Stech” road leads back to “Boccacavalla” and with a following right-turn it returns on “Montello” street.

The final is easy and fast: entirely on asphalt, the course first offers two fast descending straights on “Montello” street and “24 maggio” street until to the railway station, when with 750 m to go, a sharp right turn-off leads onto the tree-lined “Corso Mazzini” street.

With 300 to go, a sharp left-turn leads onto “Negrelli” square, the heart of the event: after a slight “S” followed by 2 rectangular right-turns, the course passes the pasta party area and finally leads onto the finish straight. The last 100m, running on cobblestones along the gardens of the square, are the last act of the 2011 Gunn Rita Marathon.