We prove a C1-elliptic estimate of the form $ \sup_{B(x,r/2)}
|grad (\psi) | \leq C \left{ \sup_{B(x,r)} |\Delta \psi| +
\sup_{B(x,r)} |\psi| \right}, validonanycompleteRiemannianmanifoldMandforanysmoothfunction\psiwhichisdefinedinanighbourhoodofB(x,r),withanexplicitquantitativecontrolontheconstantC=C(B(x,r))intermsofthecurvatureofthegeodesicballB(x,r)\subset M$.