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08 February 2020 It could have ended in tragedy, yet another: a motorist collided today with the Roman ultracycling champion Omar Di Felice, 5 days after leaving for Mongolia, for the attempt to cross the Gobi desert in Mongolia in winter, a feat never attempted before.

Head trauma, possibly cracked ribs, abrasions: departure postponed to a date to be defined. Di Felice himself tells it on his Facebook page. "At the moment there are not many words that I am able to say or write: this morning during the last training on the eve of the departure for Mongolia a motorist who came from behind, passing me a few centimeters away, before he hit me with the mirror he then ended the "overtaking" maneuver, completely investing me. Head trauma, split helmet, bruises and abrasions on the whole left side, strong blow to the side ".




"I thank those who stopped to provide aid and, despite being a civil and moral duty that I take for granted, even the investor who immediately recognized the serious distraction. The moral blow remains: months of preparation and meticulous organization risked being end up in smoke. At the moment I see myself, however, forced to postpone the departure pending investigations and all the medical treatment necessary to get back on the saddle. It has happened again. So you can no longer go on " . To his credit thousands of kilometers traveled between the glaciers of Canada, Alaska and Finland.