Alex Zanardi - Whadda Guy....
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Morning all,
This just came up on our Intranet Homepage, and I thought I'd share it here.
I've respected this Man for a long long time - I remember watching a documentary years ago on his rehabilitation after you know what.
He said then "What motivated me to walk again was to be able to carry my Son on my shoulders".
Now look at him.
Alex, I am in complete awe of you...
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BMW Group Aktuell
Golden hat-trick
04.08.2015
BMW Brand Ambassador Alessandro Zanardi wins the third gold medal in his third competition at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championship 2015.
Three competitions, three gold medals and three world titles: at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championship in Nottwil, Alessandro Zanardi celebrated a golden hat-trick. The BMW works driver and BMW Brand Ambassador also won today’s road race in the MH5 category (men’s hand-cycle). On Wednesday he won the team-relay with the Italian national team, and on Friday he successfully defended his world title in the time-trial.
Now, for the second time in his career, he has also been crowned world champion in the road race. His success is even more remarkable as Zanardi contested the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (BE) in his BMW Z4 GT3 last weekend, while his competitors were in their final preparations for the para-cycling races at Nottwil.
To conclude the world championships at Nottwil, the athletes tackled the 46.5-kilometre road race, completing three laps on the challenging course, which included exhausting uphill and fast downhill sections.
Exciting final spurt
The competition turned out to be a real thriller. When Zanardi entered the Nottwil stadium, where the final spurt towards the finish was contested, he was second, closely behind Dutch athlete Jetze Plat. In an exciting final sprint the duo fought for the world title with Zanardi crossing the line with a small advantage in front of his rival. In total, he completed the 46.5 kilometres in 1:29:21 hours. Plat finished second, his Dutch countryman Johan Reekers was third.
With his three wins at Nottwil, Zanardi now has a total of eight para-cycling world titles to his name. The results of this year’s UCI Para-cycling Road World Championship count towards qualifying for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
© BMW AG | AK-30, Off
This just came up on our Intranet Homepage, and I thought I'd share it here.
I've respected this Man for a long long time - I remember watching a documentary years ago on his rehabilitation after you know what.
He said then "What motivated me to walk again was to be able to carry my Son on my shoulders".
Now look at him.
Alex, I am in complete awe of you...
...................................
BMW Group Aktuell
Golden hat-trick
04.08.2015
BMW Brand Ambassador Alessandro Zanardi wins the third gold medal in his third competition at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championship 2015.
Three competitions, three gold medals and three world titles: at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championship in Nottwil, Alessandro Zanardi celebrated a golden hat-trick. The BMW works driver and BMW Brand Ambassador also won today’s road race in the MH5 category (men’s hand-cycle). On Wednesday he won the team-relay with the Italian national team, and on Friday he successfully defended his world title in the time-trial.
Now, for the second time in his career, he has also been crowned world champion in the road race. His success is even more remarkable as Zanardi contested the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (BE) in his BMW Z4 GT3 last weekend, while his competitors were in their final preparations for the para-cycling races at Nottwil.
To conclude the world championships at Nottwil, the athletes tackled the 46.5-kilometre road race, completing three laps on the challenging course, which included exhausting uphill and fast downhill sections.
Exciting final spurt
The competition turned out to be a real thriller. When Zanardi entered the Nottwil stadium, where the final spurt towards the finish was contested, he was second, closely behind Dutch athlete Jetze Plat. In an exciting final sprint the duo fought for the world title with Zanardi crossing the line with a small advantage in front of his rival. In total, he completed the 46.5 kilometres in 1:29:21 hours. Plat finished second, his Dutch countryman Johan Reekers was third.
With his three wins at Nottwil, Zanardi now has a total of eight para-cycling world titles to his name. The results of this year’s UCI Para-cycling Road World Championship count towards qualifying for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
© BMW AG | AK-30, Off
Graham Goodwin from Dailysportscar.com says that normally you are told never to meet your heroes... but in Zanardi's case its absolutely not true...
A couple of my pictures from Spa 24h:
Since nearly completing the 24h race on the 21st (missed a couple of hours due to car failure) he has won three world championships in wheelchair racing - incredible
A couple of my pictures from Spa 24h:
Since nearly completing the 24h race on the 21st (missed a couple of hours due to car failure) he has won three world championships in wheelchair racing - incredible
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/z...
The report of Zanardi sacrificing his own medal hopes in the Venice marathon to help a young quadraplegic finish the race.
A rather incredible man.
Bob
The report of Zanardi sacrificing his own medal hopes in the Venice marathon to help a young quadraplegic finish the race.
A rather incredible man.
Bob
fat80b said:
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/z...
The report of Zanardi sacrificing his own medal hopes in the Venice marathon to help a young quadraplegic finish the race.
A rather incredible man.
Bob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8K4p9EoQxQThe report of Zanardi sacrificing his own medal hopes in the Venice marathon to help a young quadraplegic finish the race.
A rather incredible man.
Bob
Met him at Brands the other year when he raced in the Blancpain series.
Warmest most genuine man I have met in motorsport. Interrupted his own engineer meeting to chat to me as he noticed me hovering with his book (some distance away, outside the truck!) Chatted to me for a while, showed me the car and signed my copy of his autobiography.
Sometimes you should meet your heroes.
Simon
Warmest most genuine man I have met in motorsport. Interrupted his own engineer meeting to chat to me as he noticed me hovering with his book (some distance away, outside the truck!) Chatted to me for a while, showed me the car and signed my copy of his autobiography.
Sometimes you should meet your heroes.
Simon
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