She had opened the UAE Tour Woman by standing out with a long breakaway and wearing the leader's jersey in the Intermediate Sprint classification, but now Cristina Tonetti must slow down. The Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi athlete has not been able to perform as she would have liked in recent times: she was forced to end the Clasica de Almeria and Strade Bianche early, finishing far from the important positions at the Trofeo Oro in Euro. In short, her sensations were not the best.

The reason? She explained it herself, a 22-year-old, in a few lines on her social profiles. "After a long month without good feelings on the bike, I was diagnosed with pericarditis (inflammation of a heart membrane, ed.). Unfortunately, it's time to take a break from training to get my heart back to 100%".

Quickly, numerous encouraging messages from colleagues and fans appeared under Cristina's post, to which we at tuttobiciweb also join: stay strong, Cristina!