The Italian sports director of the Israel Cycling Start Up cycling team, Claudio Cozzi, has not been able to stand still in these weeks of confinement by the Covid-19. He has decided to put himself at the service of society. In Lombardy, the region most affected by the coronavirus in the world , Cozzi offers his voluntary help to the elderly who live alone, as reported by the Roman newspaper 'Il Messaggero'.

The technician receives a call from a volunteer organization and places himself at the service of the population most at risk. Thanks to their dedication, many of these elderly people will not be exposed to a fatal outcome on the street . Cozzi makes the purchase for them and takes it home. It also encourages them and offers them understanding and combats their loneliness as much as possible. And not only that. Also, in some more needy cases, he cooks them lunch or dinner. A most important provisioning control of your career .

The Israeli team, which debuted this season in the WorldTour category (heir to the Katusha license), has runners and coaches from many countries (with Spaniards such as cyclist Dani Navarro and director Óscar Guerrero) and has stood out for its involvement social . He organized a virtual race on the Zwift platform to be able to buy protection masks to which at least 1,000 cyclists signed up at home. Earlier, in January, it financed an assistance and rehabilitation center for animals affected by the great fires that devastated much of Australia.

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