This afternoon the “photographer” involved in the big fall of the 6th stage of the Giro d’italia have released the first and incomplete excuses with his lawyer.
The declarations of the photographer that with his camera has stricken Daniele Colli during the sprint of Castiglione della Pescaia – explains the General Manager Francesco Pelosi, together with his rider Daniele Colli – are partial, incomplete and offensive. Partial because also if this Marco declares himself as regretful, he doesn’t admit his fault and appears as he have no really idea of damage caused by his behavior to Daniele Colli and all other riders. Incomplete because into the declaration he doesn’t say clearly his excuses. Offensive because, he underline to be certain to not have committed imprudences, and at this point we ask us how he could declare a thing like that looking to the consequences of his actions”. “ If to expose a long lens of a camera more than over the security barriers during the sprint of Daniele Colli, linked to the consequences of what happened, is not an imprudent action…what it is?”
We are sad about this partial declaration, team and rider have no other way that the legal one: “No one of us has interest in transforming a spectator into a “monster” – concludes the manager, but we cannot ignore the import of the declarations released by the guilty of the fall. Declarations arrived 48 hours later the accident caused by the man and only after the whole national and international press, that announced the measures we adopted today. At this point we want to go on with the legal procedure.
Regarding the meeting proposed, the team and the rider don’t think it could be suitable to the situation, considering the position of the man that caused all this.