in the Middle of coronakrisen have Astana Davide Martinelli volunteered as a bike messenger in his hometown.
Coronakrisen has led to curfew in countries such as Italy and Spain, which makes it difficult for professional cyclists to fit your training.
But in the small Italian town of Lodetto in Lombardy has Astana’s 26-year-old rider Davide Martinelli found a way, which makes that he can get a bit of time on his bike outdoors and help in time of need.
Many older people in the city can not leave home for fear of infection. It prevents them, among other things, to come at the pharmacy after medication.
Martinelli is accustomed to fill a role, which was on his team, and to help put him also on his mind outside of his profession.
– I’m very attached to Lodetto, with a population of a little over 1500 people, writes Davide Martinelli on Instagram.
– Unfortunately, there is no general store and no pharmacy, so this is my chance to make myself useful and pay something back to those who have always supported me.
So instead of using the time to help the Danish Jakob Fuglsang or other teammates in cykelfeltet, he can now help the city’s older citizens, who have a need for the delivery of medication.
– I have a bike, two legs that are not too well trained, and a backpack. And I had nothing to do. Therefore, it was an honor for me to be able to bike to the pharmacy to retrieve medicine for the elderly couple, he writes.
I drove the ten kilometers in half an hour, and it is not something special for an athlete. But when I came out, I felt a really good feeling, there are still zipping around on my head.
Martinelli began his professional career in 2016 with the Quick-Step, but in this season he moved to Astana. Here he came under his father’s management. The previous rider Giuseppe Martinelli is thus the sports director of the team.
In Astana, he has only been able to run the Saudi Tour and the Volta a Algarve, within coronaudbruddet put most of the world in the stand.
On the hjælpeordningen at home in Lodetto is going to continue during the crisis to the delight of the older and Martinelli, report history is not something about.
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