Marta Bastianelli

Simple and stupid, in quotation marks, diseases that tell you tomorrow you can no longer run on a bicycle.

And if you haven't built anything, it's hard to have something to do the day after tomorrow.

So I think that's a great anchor of safety, as well as a privilege then.

a portare in Italia, nel mondo, perché noi poi quando facciamo delle manifestazioni e ci mettiamo la divisa ci rendiamo conto dell'importanza che ha questo corpo e far parte di un corpo.

Poi magari non sarà la tua vita, non sarà il tuo futuro e questo puoi sempre decidere.

Però credo che sia invece una grande cosa.

About the sports group, I had them as a great support because I was put in maternity and I was not yet part of a World Tour team.

Today there is the possibility for athletes to have children and put themselves in maternity with their own teams, therefore with their own employer.

In those circumstances I have always been covered by my sports group.

After the maternity, I decided to continue, so to resume the activity, because after the baby I thought, well, now let's say I'll leave, I'll leave, I'll dedicate myself to the family.

Did you want to leave?

Yes, I was sorry for the fact that I left.

So let's say that in addition to the blazes that have always spurred me to go on, to continue calmly, without haste, etc.

Also the family, obviously my husband, wanted me to try again to catch up, to run, because there was still a long way to go and they would have been close to me.

So let's say that post-maternity it was hard.

I did my first race on the track with the Fiamma Azzurre after four months and I did third in an Italian championship.

I remember like now because I was at my wedding in September.

Yes, yes, in September it was my wedding and practically there was my, let's say, manager in that year, he was a manager of the cycling sector.

And I tell him, in October we are going to do the Italian championships on the track and he looks at me and says, Marta, are you getting married today?

There is a four or five-month-old girl.