Davide Cimolai won last week a victory in the third stage of the Wallonia Tour that knew how to cross the finish line in the Champs Elysees. The effusivity of the Italian in the celebration seems to have justification now, when an interview with Cycling Weekly has come to light in which he confesses that his wife left him in the middle of the Giro d'Italia, a moral blow from which it has cost him to recover.

"We had been together and married for six years since October. On the second day of rest of the Giro he told me that he was leaving me for his boss . You can not imagine the effort I had to make to get to Verona and not throw in the towel," says the sprinter of the Israel Academy "We had had previous talks about what a job like mine meant for our relationship, but we had always overcome it. Without a doubt, it was the worst day of my life, " adds the Italian, who finally managed to finish the Tour five hours after Richard Carapaz winner.

The sprinter also recounts in detail in the interview how he lived that last week of the first great lap of the year. "In the end the hours on the bicycle were the least. The most difficult thing was to concentrate on and rest at night. I did not get to sleep more than three hours none of those days " recognizes the winner of the last edition of the Tour of Castilla and Leon. "But it was gratifying despite the difficulty. I managed to renew my contract with the team and it was the first step to see the light at the end of the tunnel."

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All this made his victory in Wallonia even more special, and he wanted to reflect it on his social networks. " In this picture, in this victory is my whole being. Starting to ride a bicycle later that seemed impossible to me. I don't know how to explain everything that I went through, tried and, above all, suffered. To my friends, I dedicate this victory with everything my heart, because you were close to me in this difficult period of my life, "said the reborn Italian runner after his victory on his Instagram account.

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