A gold and 4 other medals for the athletes of Team Equa

SAINT CHRISTINE

The athletes of the Equa Team of Santa Cristina also reached the podium in the second round of the World Cup, in Elzach, Germany. The team of president Ercole Spada, among all the squads of the national team, boasted the presence of six athletes, who concluded the away match with a gold, three silvers, a bronze and eight placements in the top ten.

In the MH1 category handbike, Fabrizio Cornegliani from Pavia climbs on the first step of the podium in the time trial race and on the second step in the straight one. The other handbiker Ana Maria Vitelaru continues her technical growth and wins two silver medals in the WH5 category, one in the time trial and one in the road race. In para-cycling third step of the podium in the time trial for Andrea Tarlao in the MC5 category. The placements in the top ten were achieved in para-cycling in the time trial race by the tandem made up of Ettore Carlini and Maurizio Romeo, category MB1, who finished fifth, while they finished eighth in the road race. Andrea Casadei in MC2 who finished eighth in the time trial and thirteenth in the road one. Sixth place in the line race for Claudia Cretti in WC5. The Romanian Eduard Moescu finished twentieth in the time trial and fifteenth in the line one.

«We are really satisfied – comments Spada – Cornegliani’s gold is important because he surprised his opponents and set the absolute best time, demonstrating his strength. However, his teammates are also growing, both Tarlao and Vitelaru can aspire to the absolute first place. Now training is resumed with further confidence ». –