“Alex Zanardi is a great Italian beauty. It’s not a site, it’s not a landscape: but it’s a place of the soul, a landscape where our heart beats constantly and very strong. Alex must come back to us as soon as possible, this is our wish, because Zanardi, like any other beauty in Italy, strengthens its image and consolidates its authenticity and international stature. Come on, Alex: we are waiting for you, but all Italians are also waiting for you, all our beauties, our seas, our mountains. Waiting for you are our beautiful cities that you, by car or by bicycle, have visited and honored. We need you. Italy needs you. Forza Campione.”

Davide Cassani, president of Apt Servizi Emilia-Romagna and CT of the Italian men’s national cycling team.