Paolo Mei likes to talk about cycling, but also to practice it. If in talking about it the uncertainties of the profession are limited to a slip of the tongue or a memory lapse, for those who practice it there is the risk of falling. And that is exactly what happened to Paolo - an appreciated voice of the men's and women's Giro d'Italia and many other important moments in the world of two wheels - victim a few days ago of a serious bicycle crash.

«I don't remember anything about what happened - Paolo recounts in the video he posted to update friends and acquaintances worried about his health - except that I was pedaling at high altitude, at about 2,200 meters: now I'm hospitalized at Parini Hospital in Aosta with a fractured scapula and a fractured cervical vertebra. I'm covered with IV needles, bruises and signs of the crash, I'll need a very long recovery period to get back on my feet. And I thank everyone who has written to me, visited me, asked about me: give me time, I'll respond to everyone...».

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