Cornegliani and Vitelaru stars of Team Equa 4 silvers arrive in the World Cup

SAINT CHRISTINE

Four silver medals and nine placements in the top ten: the trip of the athletes of the Equa Team of Santa Cristina to Ostend, Belgium, for the first stage of the World Cup was a success.

On the second step of the podium was the Olympic silver medalist Fabrizio Cornegliani twice in the MH2 category handbike. The athlete from Miradolo came close to the big shot both in the time trial and in the line one, confirming his technical skills. Double podium also for the new entry of the Pavia team: Ana Maria Vitelaru came second both in the road race and in the time trial, handbike category HH5. In the handbike category WH3 Rita Cuccuru finished ninth in the time trial and eighth in the line race. In para-cycling Andrea Tarlao finished fifth in the MC5 category both in time trial and in line. Claudia Cretti in WC5 placed fifth in the line race and eighth in the time trial. Blue debut for the promising baby Agnese Romelli, who in the WC5 finished ninth in the line race and eleventh in the time trial. Veronica Yoko Plebani in WC3 finished tenth twice: in line and time trial. In the line race in MC2 Andrea Casadei finished sixteenth and Eduard Moescu nineteenth.

«Excellent sensations – explains the smiling president Ercole Spada – the national team has won 14 medals, 4 of which are ours. Cornegliani is a confirmation, Vitelaru has improved a lot and is headed for gold. Everyone was good, but he surprised Romelli, who in the line race was with the best until the end, paying only for the cramps in the decisive attack ». –

Maurizio Scorbati