she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track Laura has a passion for all three disciplines When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads UCI governance and performing data analysis you will then be prompted to enter your display name Italy’s Mario Bollini had the honour of being the final finisher at the TCS New York City Marathon 1 minute and 47 seconds; it was his 37th time completing the race The 74-year-old has only missed one edition since 1985 A post shared by TCS New York City Marathon (@nycmarathon) the Italian was greeted with a medal and an embrace from a volunteer The former air force marshal had been determined to run the race after recovering from a knee injury earlier this year Bollini, nicknamed Super Mario, was born in Giulianova, Italy in 1950. He first began competing at the NYC event at 35 when there were fewer than 16,000 participants His personal best over the 42.2K distance stands at three hours flat which he ran 1989’s NYC Marathon at age 39 Tra gli ultimi arrivati alla maratona di New York c’è anche Mario Bollini, 74 anni ed ex maresciallo dell’aeronautica, tesserato nell’A.P.D. Ecologica “G” di Giulianova (Teramo). pic.twitter.com/by5BaUKnWv — Giulia Ficicchia (@handlecuriosity) November 4, 2024 “It is an exciting marathon,” he tells media explaining why he continues to return to New York City each year with people cheering you on when you pass and making you feel like a champion And then there’s an incredible party.” Get the digital edition of Running for your chosen platform: Fifteen European clubs competed in the preliminary round of the Champions League on Friday 31st January and Saturday 1st February 2020 in a bid to progress through to the last eight of the Champions League As in 2018, RSB Thuringia Bulls (GER) and CD Ilunion (ESP) finished first and second, respectively, in the 2019 Champions League automatically qualifying them for this season’s quarter-finals so the competition was on to see who would join them The preliminary round was made up of three groups with five teams in each group Only the top two teams from each group would qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League with the teams finishing in third and fourth qualifying for the EuroLeague finals and the teams finishing in fifth being eliminated from further European competition for this season the teams joining RSB Thuringia Bulls and CD Ilunion in the next round are Bidaideak Bilbao BSR (ESP) Spain’s BSR ACE Gran Canaria qualified for Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in their history topping the group after coming back to win their final three games after losing their opening game to Israel’s Ilan Ramat Gan (60-64) Turkish heavyweights Galatasaray SK claimed the second place edged out Ilan Ramat Gan for the third spot Click here to re-watch all games or click here to view results, leaders and standings. ADM Econy BSR ACE Gran Canaria)Ismail Ar (1.5 ADM Econy BSR ACE Gran Canaria)Adolfo Berdun (3.5 A three-way tie between Besiktas JK TBST (TUR) Le Cannet (FRA) and GSD Porto Torres (ITA) who all finished with two wins and two losses meant the results between the three teams would decide the placings Besiktas JK TBST claimed the second spot on point difference with France’s Le Cannet finishing third to gain a consolation place in the EuroLeague 1 Finals whilst Porto Torres finished fourth and will head to the EuroLeague 2 Finals Russia’s BasKI TSOP lost all their games and were therefore eliminated Click here to re-watch all games or click here to view results, leaders and standings. Group C was also held in Spain but in the city of Bilbao Germany’s RSV Lahn-Dill progressed to the quarter-finals with a clean sweep of the group as they look to qualify for the final four they are set to host in May Hosts Bidaideak Bilbao BSR finished second Italy’s DECO Group Amicacci Giulianova secured third place and progressed to the EuroLeague 1 Finals with two wins and two losses beat France’s CS Meaux by one point (65-64) Click here to re-watch all games or click here to view results, leaders and standings. TSK Rehab Merkezi Eng.SK.)Thomas Böhme (3.0 Bidaideak Bilbao BSR)Raimunds Beginskis (2.0 The draw for the quarter-finals took place in Albacete Spain following the conclusion of the preliminary round Germany to compete with RSB Thuringia Bulls (GER) are BSR Amiab Albacete (ESP) and RSV Lahn-Dill (GER) will head to Madrid to compete with host CD Ilunion (ESP) and DECO Group Amicacci Giulianova (ITA) will take their place in the EuroLeague 1 Finals and TSK Rehab Merkezi Eng.SK (TUR) will compete in the EuroLeague 2 Finals in April The remaining teams to qualify for these Finals will be known in early March after the EuroLeague Preliminary rounds For more information about IWBF Europe’s Champions League and EuroLeague click here Frenchman sprints against the fast men Thursday afternoon Stage 4 featured the first major climb of the race which peaked out at more than 1500 meters in the first part of the day before the peloton took on a long descent to the Adriatic Coast it should have been an easy day for the bunch but things complicated a bit due to the breakaway’s refusal to give up and the technical finale in Giulianova Our team brought its fair share of contribution to the chase the relentless Josef Cerny once again moving to the front of the field only 40 seconds separating them from the escapees the peloton who looked in complete control briefly slowed down and the leaders began believing more in their chances This led to a frantic chase that was ignited with five kilometers to go and which continued all the way until the line Averaging 3.5% and featuring some tricky corners the fact that the peloton was completely disorganised behind the last survivor of the breakaway contributing to this situation they caught and passed him in the last 200 meters and Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) took the win) Julian Alaphilippe was the one who sprinted for Soudal Quick-Step in Giulianova The two-time World Champion made a smart move under the flamme rouge moving through the field just before a tight corner and this allowed him to get involved in the fight for a good result with Julian taking nine for his fourth top ten of the season in a World Tour race Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images to know how many times a particular page is read We only use this information to improve the content of our website These cookies are only placed after you have given your consent coach Nicola Tribuiani asked him to step in for an absent goalkeeper during a summer tournament is history.Tancredi was 14 and would spend two seasons at Giulianova he was selected for the Nazionale Juniores semi-pro Italy side taking part in prestigious four-way international tournaments in Monaco and Algiers in 1973 before winning the Juniores domestic youth title with Giulianova in 1974.  but Tancredi ended up at AC Milan as back-up to the great Ricky Albertosi He made his Rossoneri debut in a friendly match against Spezia on 18 August 1974 suddenly sharing a pitch with the likes of Gianni Rivera and future Roma team-mates Aldo Maldera Tancredi’s first competitive appearance for the Rossoneri came against Juventus in the Coppa Italia on June 22 would think of Tancredi when he took charge of Roma at the beginning of the 1977-78 season The 22-year-old Tancredi arrived in the capital with a Serie B season under his belt (28 appearances for Rimini) thus beginning a long career in the Eternal City it seemed Tancredi’s Giallorossi adventure could be finished before it had ever really begun He had played just one Serie A match in two seasons and found his passage to the first team blocked by Paolo Conti who was the only Roma player to have formed part of the Italy squad for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.Tancredi asked for a transfer and the recently relegated Atalanta had shown an interest in him Yet the arrival of Nils Liedholm represented the turning point in Tancredi’s career with the Swedish coach convincing the goalie to stay put Tancredi became the Giallorossi’s number one goalkeeper and made a vital contribution to Roma’s Coppa Italia victory in the 1979-80 season It was the start of a cycle that would culminate with the 1983 Scudetto triumph and the ill-fated European Cup final against Liverpool in 1984 Tancredi would make 289 league appearances for the club 258 of them consecutively between 1980 and 1989 perhaps the most poignant moment of Tancredi’s Roma career came the year after he said goodbye to the club Returning to the Stadio Olimpico as a Torino player the Curva Sud welcomed him with two enormous banners reading ‘Franco in the ultras’ hearts’ and ‘Hello Franco urging him to come and greet them under the Sud over and over again soaking up the adulation of his fans and kissing the Roma badge on a ball boy’s tracksuit Back in the dressing room Tancredi would later declare it the best day of his life I confirm that I have read the privacy policy – EU VAT IT09305501000 - all rights reserved logos and artwork are registered or unregistered trademarks of Soccer S.r.l All other trademarks may be the property of their respective holders Strong in Giulianova to move into race lead Milan pipped Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to the line in the photo finish and broke the heart of the lone remnant of the day’s break Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) after the Norwegian made a final hit out for glory under the flamme rouge Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) was third Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) led out the sprint after it looked like Abrahamsen might just make it but the sprinters who had survived a hilly day through the Apennines were waiting in the wings to pounce Philipsen hit the front but was just overhauled by Milan as the Italian stomped on his pedals and used his body to ensure Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) didn’t squeeze him to go one better than his second place yesterday Milan moved into the overall leader’s blue jersey ahead of Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) thanks to his ten bonus seconds gained for the victory He sits four seconds ahead of the Spanish rider heading into the two key GC days tomorrow and on Saturday what a day,” said Milan after an exhausting stage “I think I just have to say thanks to my teammates I didn’t have an easy day - I had a puncture on the climb and it was tough to come back in the peloton “The guys supported me in the best way that I could do it Milan had been getting closes day by day at Tirreno with third place on the opening time trial and second in yesterday’s sprint But he’s now iced an already successful week with a win the leader’s jersey and an extension of his lead in the points jersey it’s a team victory,” said Milan he’ll lose the blue jersey on stage 5 but will switch focus to working for Lidl-Trek GC leader Tao Geoghegan Hart The Brit will challenge the likes of Ayuso, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) on the tough route from Torricella Sicura to Valle Castellana which features the hors-categorie San Giacomo (11.9 km at 6.2%) climb 25km from the finish Stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico looked like the perfect day for a breakaway to challenge the peloton and just three kilometres into the 207km stage from Arrone to Giulianova six men decided to form the day’s breakaway Making up the group were Lorenzo Quartucci (Corratec-Vini Fantini) Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) and Alex Tolio (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) They would take on the monstrous 17.2-kilometre-long Valico di Castelluccio climb which has an average gradient of 5% and opened up the long stage through the Apennines Their gap would grow throughout the first few hours of racing on another cold day in the peloton but it did ebb and flow as the road went up and down It would go well north of five minutes but came down at points as the sprinter’s teams navigated the climbs and tried to peg them back It was no foregone conclusion on the fourth day of racing at the Race of the Two Seas with the six me out in front not completely faltering on the run for home They would maintain their gap throughout the mainly flat final 80km of the day While most sprinters were holding position well in the peloton on the climbs Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) started to struggle on the climbs and was getting onto his team radio He would ultimately play no part in the final sprint after dropping in and out of the peloton throughout the day At the 30km to go point and approaching the Adriatic Sea for the first time this week the gap for the leaders had dropped to just over one minute This is where a split came in the break as Kamp Abrahamsen and Maestri made their shot for glory They would hold their advantage of around 50 seconds as the race reached the finish location of Giulianova and started the circuit around the coastal town In the trio’s favour was a downhill run to the line but their advantage had fallen to 31 seconds with the catch looking likely Alpecin-Deceuninck and Intermarché-Wanty swapped turns in the chase to try and reel back the trio and they had them in sight around the final few corners Kamp pulled the plug first once he knew it was over but Abrahamsen didn’t give up and attacked away from Meistri under the 1km to go banner He got a decent gap around the final corner and the peloton behind began to look at each other with most of the leadouts burned in the chase Pidcock held the front position and hesitated before launching his sprint in pursuit of the Uno-X Mobility rider but with Girmay in his wheel and Philipsen and Milan ready to chase Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) was one of the top sprinters dropped in the run for home Philipsen's initial kick was strong as he hit the wind on the right-hand side of the road but Milan had enough seated power to round the Belgian and take his fourth WorldTour victory.  Results powered by FirstCycling during which time he also wrote for Eurosport Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed The IWBF Europe's EuroCup Finals start this weekend (Friday 26 April - Sunday 28 April) and are set to captivate wheelchair basketball enthusiasts across Europe This year, the EuroCup Finals will be spread across three locations the Finals of EuroCup 1 and 2 will unfold in Italy's Giulianova and Sassari the EuroCup 3 Final will be hosted in Valladolid hosts Deco Metalferro Amicacci Abruzzo will welcome a formidable lineup of contenders including fellow Italians Santo Stefano KOS Group Joining them are Germany's Koln 99ers and Rhine River Rhinos Wiesbaden where Dinamo Lab Banco Di Sardegna will play host to a competitive field including Italian League winners MIA Briantea84 Cantu four teams from France - Hyeres Handi Basket Also in the mix are Germany's Hannover United and Austria's 8TF FlinkStones Graz EuroCup 3's final showdown will take place in Fundacion Aliados (BSR Valladolid) in Spain The host team will take on tough competition from Spain's CD Murcia BSR and Iberconsa AMFIV as well as three Turkish clubs - TSK Rehab Merkezi Engeliller Spor Kulubu Treviso will also be vying for glory in this category Adding to the excitement, one EuroCup 2025 Qualification Tournament is set to unfold in Spain Club Amivel will host Portuguese team APD Braga BCR two Italian teams D Junior Team Sassari and Asinara Basketball all competing for a coveted spot in next year's main competition To culminate the 2024 competition, the highly anticipated Champions Cup Final 4 will be held in Albacete As the pinnacle of EuroCup wheelchair basketball this event promises to deliver unforgettable moments and determine the ultimate champions of the season With such a diverse array of talent and teams from across Europe, the EuroCup Finals 2024 are shaping up to be a spectacle not to be missed. Follow all the action live via IWBF Europe's website. It had been rumoured on the eve of the race that Jonathan Milan had come to this Tirreno-Adriatico with a knot to untie: namely After his exploit at last year’s Giro d’Italia which included a stage win and the Maglia Ciclamino the Lidl-Trek rider was called upon to confirm his sprinting ambitions His victory in Giulianova marks his second of the season after he opened his tally at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana last month If competition in the latter was rather limited he is confronting himself with the crème de la crème of fast wheels the ideal context to put his growth to test And what remarkable feedback he is giving himself and the team not only because of today’s masterful stage win pipping Jasper Philipsen on the finish line in Giulianova but also for the way the Italian interpreted and tackled all the previous stages Just like we rightfully extolled Philipsen as the best sprinter in the world we should just as vehemently celebrate Milan as probably the greatest sprinting talent out there Jonny took the Belgian’s wheel and skipped him in the last 50 metres beating him by half a bike length while still seated in the saddle This tells us one thing: Jonathan Milan from Buja is among the strongest sprinters in the world were anything but easy to interpret due to somewhat tricky finishes while Milan was invariably there fighting for glory today he timed it to perfection and overtook none other than Philipsen himself Tomorrow he will enjoy a day in the Maglia Azzurra (which he will probably lose at the end of the stage) but whatever the outcome of this Tirreno-Adriatico which we are sure he will bring to bear in the coming events Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) – the only survivor of a six-man breakaway – also deserves a special mention the Norwegian had enough left in the tank to try one last burst inside the final kilometre He was denied the joy of victory by 40 merciless metres let us thank him for making this finale all the more electrifying After almost nine months of hiatus, Italy saw the first games of wheelchair basketball back on court as FIPIC's Final 4 of the 2020 Italian Cup took place in Grottaglie on Friday 13 and Saturday 14th November Iit was UnipolSai Briantea84 Cantù who took home their fifth consecutive national cup by beating the reigning Italian Champions S It followed disruptions in the run to the finale weekend of the competition which saw the withdrawal of two teams with GSD Porto Torres withdrawing on the Wednesday ahead of the competition but were replace by newly promoted Farmacia Pellicanò Reggio Calabria and subsequently the withdrawal of Amicacci Giulianova on the Thursday this time the short notice meant a replacement could not be arranged in time Due to Amicacci Giulianova not being replaced S Stefano Avis were awarded the 20-0 forfeit in the first semi-final whilst UnipolSai Briantea84 Cantù defeated Farmacia Pellicanò Reggio Calabri (68-31) in the other semi-final on the Friday Stefano Avis versus UnipolSai Briantea84 Cantù was held on Saturday morning airiing live on RaiSport TV which was widely expected after such a long break but it was Cantù who edged out to a 7-point lead at half time winning the first quarter (12-19) and tieing the second quarter (14-14) It wasn’t until the third quarter Cantù took control of the game giving them a 10 point advantage heading into the final quarter (35-45) A lead on which they continued to build at the start of the fourth putting the game out of reach for Stefano as Cantù ran in 45-63 winners Cantù’s Adolfo Berdun took MVP of the match with 17 points “The greatest satisfaction is seeing the fruits of the work done so far with the intention of immediately bringing it to our side convinced of our match plan: and in the end we were right I am convinced that this will be only the first of many successes together with this group of wonderful guys The next games of wheelchair basketball in Italy will are set for the 9 January with the start of the Serie A and Serie B championships which were postponed in light of the evolution of the current health emergency For further information about the wheelchair basketball in Italy visit FIPIC's website Then darkness — hours and hours of darkness A couple among the nine survivors of an Italian avalanche that devastated a mountain hotel say they survived nearly 58 hours buried beneath meters of snow by sucking on glass and mud-filled ice The initial shock was so loud and the force so strong that the couple — 22-year-old Giorgia Galassi and her boyfriend 25-year-old Vincenzo Forti — said on Wednesday that they were convinced it was another earthquake rocking the luxury Hotel Rigopiano They never considered the threat of an avalanche at the snow-bound resort We didn’t know until the firefighters told us We thought the whole time it was a very strong earthquake,” Galassi said in her parents’ living room in the town of Giulianova She wore a necklace of an angel that a friend had just given her Galassi and Forti were two of the nine people pulled out alive after the avalanche on Wednesday last week in which 29 others died but never gave up hope that they would survive They had arrived at the luxury hotel the evening before the deadly avalanche they were gathered with the other guests ready to leave sitting in a tea room or standing in the adjacent entry hall waiting for a snowplow to clear the 9km road through Gran Sasso park so they could go home Galassi said she was particularly fearful of the temblors that had started that morning and had waited outside for a while but she went back into the hotel due to the cold and after the hotel management’s assurances that it had resisted previous earthquakes It wasn’t long before a loud roar announced the tragedy “It all started from a rumble and then everything collapsed a roar,” Forti told a news conference at a hotel later on Wednesday After the shock of finding themselves beneath a wicker chair that protected them from a beam Galassi and Forti said the first relief was realizing they were not alone “Then we heard another voice and we were relieved.” they had just 50cm between their heads and the ceiling The space was less than that of a single bed they could see ice through a hole in the glass panel that they could reach if they stretched out “At times there was even glass and mud [in the ice] The young couple huddled together in the tiny space sitting at first and then lying down to sleep using Galassi’s fur coat and a blanket they found nearby for warmth Forti said heat from the fireplace near where they had been sitting kept the temperatures comfortable for many hours Rescuers have also told journalists that the survivors were insulated by the meters of snow on top of them another survivor on the other side of the beam Bronzi had a watch and helped them keep track of time They could also hear a mother with her son nearby who turned out to be Adriana Vranceanu and her eight-year-old son Gianfilippo was outside when the avalanche hit and sounded the alarm was pulled from the rubble with the two other children staying at the hotel who spent nearly two days alone together in a billiard room Galassi said she passed the time in prayer “I don’t think I have ever prayed so much in my life,” Galassi said Despite their conviction that help would arrive there were moments of despair and they took turns comforting each other Galassi said they first heard rescuers at about 11am on Friday last week — nearly two days after the avalanche — when they heard Vranceanu speaking to a voice they had not heard before “When I heard she was speaking with someone I yelled: ‘Who are you speaking to?’ She said: ‘I am speaking with Mauro They came to save us.’ They said to stay calm “We started to yell and to knock to make ourselves heard and after a while he also came to talk to us,” Galassi said Galassi credited Forti’s strength for helping keep her spirits up along with his focus on seeking solutions to 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