Truly disturbing news came from Italy, where cyclists from the SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank team experienced a shocking incident during regular training.
Namely, on Sunday, while they were training in the area Val d’Adigean unknown person fired from a moving car two shots according to a group of cyclists. Fortunately, no one was injured in this dangerous attack, but the whole event left a strong mark and concern among the athletes and the professional staff.
Motives of the attack they are not known for now, but local media speculate that it could be Fr the expression of individual anger dissatisfied with the presence of cyclists on the road, with the intention of scaring them.
The most important thing is that our boys are fine and that no one is hurt. This is it terrible story and I sincerely hope it never happens again. The road is our gymthat’s where we train and prepare. We do everything we can to ensure the safety of cyclists is at the maximum level, but against madness of individuals sometimes there is no protectionclub president Galdino Perucco told Gazzetta dello Sport.
Crazy scenes in 🇮🇹 Italy…
Continental team shot at during training from a passing car.
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The sports director of the team, Dmitri Konyshev, also spoke about the incident, stressing that training sessions are planned with great care.
The area around Lake Garda is ideal for training at this time of the year. We carefully choose our routes every day and we avoid busy roads during the busiest times. Our cyclists wear clearly visible equipment, and are accompanied by club vehicles along the entire route. All we ask for is more respect and understanding on the roadsKonyshev said, reports N1.
The investigation into this serious incident is ongoing and complete sports public in Italy hopes that those responsible will be identified as soon as possible.
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