Alessandro Alessandri (1461‑1523) was an Italianjurist. Born in Naples, he studied law and served as an advocate for Naples and Rome. Later, disenfranchised by what he saw as a corrupt administration, he began studying philology and antiquities. He compiled a book called Dies Geniales, constructed after the model of the Noctes Atticae of Aulus Gellius, and the Saturnalia of Macrobius. It comprises a nonsequential listing of items related to philology, antiquities, law, dreams, etc.
The men’s race saw a dramatic fight between Alessandro Alessandri/ITA, Jürgen Deerere/BEL, winner in the ETU European Duathlon Cup Zeitz/GER, and Enrique Meneses from Spain.
Everyone was expecting a fierce fight on the last 2 laps, but Alessandri stormed out of the transition area to make everything clear as soon as possible.
Alessandri, who played his role down the day before the race, pointing out that he would now concentrate more on the longer distances, and would lack speed, was of course very happy.