Massimo Calzolari (Marzaglia), Michele Guarino (Barletta), Mario Giordanino and Marco Olmo (Robilante), Giancarlo Losi and Mariano Proietti (Piacenza) Augusto Mari (Guidonia), Edoardo Sirchia (Casale Monferrato)
covered 150 laps (60 km) during the 4-hour race, running for an average of 7.5 km in their 30' run.
The coach Marco Massini, the cement sales coordinator for the Emilia-Romagna region, supported and led his "pupils" to a prestigious 5th place (over 35 teams), which is a major technical result. Each team of the Piacenza team relay is made up of eight runners; each runner has to run for 30 minutes and the winner is the team that covers the highest number of laps. This race - now at its 5th edition - is held every year to remember Silvano Ruffo, an athlete from Piacenza who was the victim of a fatal accident at work in 1996.
The mayor of Piacenza presented Marco Olmo with a special award for his legendary exploits and for thanking him for participating to the Ruffo Memorial, which is the only road race to which "the king of the sands" takes part. Despite the soreness from his last "Marathon des Sables" in Morocco and the fact that for him, who is used to longer distances, it's difficult to find his pace in such a short time, he was the 16th best athlete. At present he's getting ready to leave for "The Ten Commandments", the Egyptian marathon that will be held in Sinai from April 29th to May 6th.