The Friulian and fellow breakaway Clarke caught up a few meters from the finish line: all the dramatic beauty of the Giro in just a few moments. “For once I wanted to win, so I tried not to shoot, which I never do.” His wife Anna, his beloved books and the mountains: who is the anti-hero of the pink race?
When he goes on the run, Alessandro De Marchi takes his thoughts, dreams and fears with him. It’s a matter of instinct: you go on the attack by nature, even when maybe it’s not convenient for you. Among many who prefer to run protected by anonymity, in the belly of the group, DeMa chooses to step out of the crowd to catch the wind in his face. Better one day different from all the others than a hundred all the same. “It’s a kind of challenge with yourself, something a bit crazy, you jump in, cover your cards, run a risk. Because it’s easier for them to catch you, or for those who are on the run with you to beat you. Winning is difficult, it doesn’t happen often.” Usually that’s not what matters. “In the end, the competition is with yourself, going against the limits you have set yourself, overcoming your fears”. It’s his way of running.