Alessandro De Marchi (Lapresse)
Giro d’Italia 2021, De Marchi pink jersey and tears: “I run for Regeni”
“My bracelet for REGENI? I am a little surprised by the reaction that everyone has. I don’t see anything political or party-related, they are two parents who want the truth: before being a cyclist, I am a parent and a husband and I would never want to find myself in such a situation “. These are the words of Alessandro De Marchi, runner of the Israel Start-Up Nation, who spoke on Rai’s microphones after winning the pink jersey at the end of the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia 2021.
ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI NEW PINK JERSEY AT THE GIRO D’ITALIA 2021: “I FEEL OUT OF PLACE”
From one Italian to another, the pink jersey of the GIRO d’Italia 2021 leaves the shoulders of Filippo Ganna and joins those of an amazing Alessandro De Marchi. The Friulian rider of the Israel Start-Up Nation crosses the finish line second in the fourth stage, from Piacenza to Sestola, but picks up the baton at the top of the general classification of the 104th edition of the pink race. De Marchi will turn 35 on 19 May but the gift arrived a few days early. “An award for the thousands of efforts made during these 11 years of career – he says with his voice broken by emotion on Rai Sport’s microphones – I feel a bit out of place, perhaps I have long been used to trying without making the most of it. Until tonight, when I am alone in my bed, I will be a little dazed and maybe I will cry and then I will enjoy this shirt “.
GIRO D’ITALIA 2021, NIBALI MORE THAN TWO MINUTES FROM THE PINK JERSEY
Joao Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick Step), long-time pink jersey in 2020, collapses in the final and is already 5’38 “behind the head of the general classification, among the most anticipated he resists in the top-10 Remco Evenepoel, eighth, with a 10 “advantage over Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), pulled for a long time by a still commendable Ganna. Simon Yates pays another ten seconds delay from the Colombian, while a Vincenzo Nibali not at his best tries to limit the damage in the first week but finds himself 2’15 “from the pink jersey.