Republic Day to remember for Team Calcagni: Alessandro Patrono also triumphs

It’s been a memorable day for Team Calcagni, starring Carlo Calcagni, Colonel of the Role of Honor of the Italian Army, Victim of Duty and Mutilated for Service, who triumphed in Paris in the International Grand Prix of France bringing the flag of Italy to the podium, and Alessandro Patrono, who won the success in the 11th Genoese Valleys Cycling Rally, seizing the first overall victory of a career of more than 30 years.

A feat the result of passion, sacrifice and love, which Alessandro Patrono, 51, wanted to dedicate this feat to those who made this dream possible: “To my uncle Mimino, Cosimo Strafella from Salice Salentino (Lecce), who taught me how to pedal, who has been a father, brother and friend. To Colonel Carlo Calcagni, who welcomed me into his team and every day, with his example, teaches us what it means not to give up”.

“To my coach Davide Podestà, with whom we turned a game into a feat. To my friend Irish, who in 2022 believed in me when I no longer wanted to believe. And above all…to my Dad. Today, in the final turn, I felt a mysterious push, like a hand on my back. It was him. I saw him, I felt him. This victory is for you, Papa”.

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Those of Carlo Calcagni and Alessandro Patrono are two victories in two different places, united by the strength of love, the value of memory, and the motto “Never give up, despite everything and everyone, no matter what the cost”.