There is rest at Colbrelli’s home. Who becomes a child again with the Giro

Before the mountain Monday caravan in the area of ​​Lake Garda. The king of Roubaix: “It all began when I saw the pink race pass through my country”

COGNE. He is one of the protagonists of this Giro d’Italia, even if he doesn’t race. Because Sonny Colbrelli this Giro is as if he were racing it for real. The other day in Cuneo, he arrived at the finish line 4 hours from the arrival of the stage on his bike and the European champion’s jersey, branded Bahrain Victorious, smiling. And the 32-year-old is hopeful: “It will be long, but maybe I’ll be able to get back to the races,” he said to everyone.

On March 21, the winner of the Paris-Roubaix 2021 stopped at the end of the first stage of the Tour of Catalonia. Cardiac arrest, fear, awakening, the defibrillator placed in the hospital in Padua a couple of weeks later. And again the recovery, the first rides. The hope of going back to racing one day (Italian law forbids it).

And, above all, on Monday 24 May the Giro d’Italia that “remarries” at his home and on Tuesday from Salò will leave for the stage of Mortirolo and Santa Cristina.

Sonny will be a child again: «I fell in love with cycling thanks to the Giro – he said – I went to see Pantani triumph in Oropa in 1998. I will take my children to see the Giro and, as usual, I will encourage my teammates. My teammate Landa can manage to win ». Colbrelli has already won, this time even without participating.