The boys of Petacchi’s Sc Padovani were busy training in Val d’Adige, near Dolcè. A car drove alongside the group and fired
The Sc Padovani Polo Cherry Bank group is in a state of shock, victim of a street ambush while training in Val d’Adige, along the SS12 near Dolcè. During the session, suddenly, a dark car pulled alongside the bikes and fired two shots with a firearm for still unknown reasons. An episode that shocked athletes, staff and managers and which could have had much more serious implications. Once they returned to the headquarters established in recent days at the Veronello Resort, the company proceeded to collect all the testimonies and images documenting the incident to file a report with the authorities.
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“We are relieved that all the kids are safe and sound after what happened yesterday – said the president, Galdino Peruzzo -. This is a terrible event that we hope will never happen again: the road is the gym for our kids and, as a society, we have taken steps to adopt all the necessary measures to make them cycle safely. Unfortunately, faced with the madness of certain individuals, we can’t really do anything. What happened yesterday in Val d’Adige, however, is not the only episode of attack by motorists on Padovani athletes engaged in training in recent weeks. It should be remembered that even last September Marco Palomba was hit by a hit-and-run driver, it is necessary to raise awareness among all those who get behind the wheel of a culture of greater respect”.
While the team’s sporting director, Dimitri Konychev, explained that “The area of Lake Garda is one of the most hospitable and suitable for training in this period. Every day we carefully and carefully trace the training routes to avoid the main communication arteries and the busiest times, it is no coincidence that we moved to Val d’Adige, on a smooth and rather wide road which on Saturdays is free from heavy traffic. Our athletes wear visible clothing and have lights on their bikes to be noticed by the motorists We followed the guys from the first to the last kilometre, every now and then with the flagship we give the drivers the opportunity to overtake, but more respect is needed”.
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