Limitless satisfaction for MAK sponsored athlete Mirko Testa! It’s 2021 in the handbike of the Active Team La Leonessa, which after celebrating first two Italian titles, and then the world victory of Simona
Canipari, has also closed in triumph the Giro d’Italia, racking up one success after another. I
verdicts of the fourth and last stage, carried out in a frame from Patrimony Unesco like
of Assisi, are thrilling: three stage successes, but above all four pink jerseys
(the victory of the final classification in the respective race categories) with Christian Giagnoni,
Mirko Testa, Omar Rizzato and Angela De Gregorio, protagonists on several occasions throughout the
season. And that’s not all, because by virtue of their results and those equally
of about fifteen teammates, Active Sport has won the red jersey of “Fast Team”, the
red jersey of “Fast Team”, destined for the team capable of collecting more points in the
appointments of the Giro: in Reggio Emilia, Pioltello, Roccaraso and Assisi. In Perugia the
great protagonists have been Christian Giagnoni and Mirko Testa, both capable of closing
with 3 victories in 4 stages. The first, born in Prato in 1975, dominated the category MH4 but
but above all he conquered for the umpteenth time the absolute general classification of the Giro,
turning out to be the fastest of all the participants in the sum of the times of the four stages.
Testa, on the other hand, celebrates his first overall success at the Giro: an impressive result if you
one thinks that he started with the handbike only two years ago, following a motocross accident.
motocross accident. 8 months after leaving the Domus Salutis nursing home in Brescia, the
Bergamasque class of 1997 scored his first podium in the last stage of the edition
2019, and two years later (in 2020 the Giro d’Italia was not raced) he experienced a starring
star in the MH3 category, confirming a huge potential for the future.
Three successes in four stages also for Omar Rizzato from Veneto (MH2), while Angela De
Gregorio (WH2) only needed a victory in the first stage, accompanied by three second places.
The world champion Simona Canipari also finished with 3 successes out of 4.
however, had renounced the inaugural stage because she had been called up for the World
could no longer reach the pink jersey. “I am proud of what the boys have been able to do – said
the boys – said captain Sergio Balduchelli – and to see them happy at the prize giving has been
touching. The Fast Team red jersey is the prize for everyone’s commitment, and I’m increasingly honored by the role of captain.
Honored by the role of captain of this team, as well as to have shared with the president
President Marco Colombo the goal of creating a team capable of achieving great sporting results, but formed primarily by I’m always more honored to play the role of captain of this team, as well as to have shared with President Marco Colombo the goal of creating a team capable of achieving great sporting results, but formed primarily by people who love each other and support each other.
If we have become a great team – he concludes – the merit is due to each one of them. And also
and his untiring passion. “Our team – says Marco Colombo, president of
Our team – says Marco Colombo, president of Active Sport – never stops surprising us and collecting victories. My compliments congratulations to all the athletes, and a special thanks to our sponsors. See
Seeing people who have been in a wheelchair for a short time compete with great
competitive spirit, and using sport as a means to return to an active life, is
exactly what we dreamed of when we founded Active Sport. It gives meaning
to all the work of the association”. A round of applause to the team also from Dr. Michele
Scarazzato, head of the Neurological Rehabilitation Unit at Domus Salutis in Brescia.
Salutis of Brescia. “I have supported many of these guys in their recovery path – he said
-and as a doctor I can not fail to highlight the ability to overcome in a very short time the
physical traumas that have affected them, to reaffirm their social role. Seeing them engaged in
department to support those who today face the traumas from which they themselves have passed, and also
able to achieve significant sporting results, is a source of pride for the entire health system and for society as a whole.
health system and for society as a whole.