The #OrangeBlue team leader Marco Canola is awarded at the Giro d’Onore of the Italian Cycling Federation. The 7 wins and 35 top10 placings obtained in the 2017 season have strongly contributed to the second place of Italy in the UCI Europe Tour 2017 ranking. Rewarding the protagonists is the President of Italian Cycling Federation Reanto Di Rocco and the president of Coni Giovanni Malagò.
Roma, 20th of December 2017
The traditional Giro d’Onore at the end of the cycling season is tinged with#OrangeBlue. During the ceremony at the CONI Hall of Honor, Marco Canola has been recognised by the Italian Cycling Federation and by the Professional Cycling Leagueas one of the protagonists of the 2017 season. The 1048 UCI points earned during the season contributed to the second place of Italy in the UCI Europe Tour 2017 ranking, behind the Belgium. Among the other Italian athletes also awarded in this category there are Elia Viviani and Matteo Trentin. It is with a special award that closes a season full of satisfactions for the athlete from Vicenza.
THE GIRO D’ONORE
“An extraordinary cycling year, which today allows us to proudly represent Italian cycling in the world”, with these words Renato Di Rocco, President of the Italian Cycling Federation, greets the more than 50 athletes awarded at the Coni Salone d’Onore. The 73 medals won in the various disciplines testify to this success and the growth of this sport in our country. While the images of the main Italian victories obtained in 2017 flow,Giovanni Malagò, President of Coni, and Roberto Fabbricini, Secretary General of Coni, reward all the protagonists of this season. From the successes of the Italian of the CTEdoardo Savoldi up to the young Italian that excite on the road and track, passing through the National Off-Road and the Italian Paraciclismo team, there are many athletes to whom the Giro d’Onore has been dedicated. The same Giro d’Onore is also recognized for the athletes who have brought fundamental UCI points for the second place in Italy in the UCI Europe Tour 2017 ranking. Among these the #OrangeBlue Marco Canola, Elia Viviani and Matteo Trentin. A day of great sport contained in the words of the President of Coni Giovanni Malagò: “You have done some amazing things, thanks for your many victories. Best wishes to cycling and be a triumphant 2018″.
THE DECLARATION
Marco Canola comments with these words the award received: “I am proud to have contributed to Italy’s second place in the UCI European Ranking 2017. I’m honored to be at the convent fair in Coni on a day dedicated to the protagonists of the 2017 season and that gives me great satisfaction and confirmation of the path I am making. Staying near to the athletes as Elia Viviani and Matteo Trentin gives me great motivation for the next season, which I hope is full of satisfaction. I want to continue to carry the Italian flag high in European and World cycling. In this ceremony I bring the colors of the NIPPO Vini Fantini Europa Ovini team, who believed in me and allowed me to achieve the seasonal results”.