In the eyes of the fans is still the vivid image of Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) on the ground after a bad fall that he had during the final of the stage to Montecassino during the recent Tour of Italy. The worst was feared, but luckily for him he got away with a scaphoid fracture, an injury that heals quickly. Contacted exclusively by Spazio Ciclisimo for a brief interview, the Sicilian takes stock of the situation by explaining that "now I am a bit better, the pulse is affixed to the back and the ribs don't bother me. All in all I was very lucky. " 

The return to racing is imminent, it will not be at the start of the next Tour de France, but will instead be in the Italian Championships and the Tour of Austria.

Returning to the stage of Montecassino, we asked him if Cadel Evans did well to attack on that occasion: "I think after a fall like that on the ground that there were 50 riders were just slow down, although I understand that 7 kilometers from arrival is difficult not to do so."

While he was on the ground, Caruso has long been assisted by his fellow countryman Paolo Tiralongo (Astana), who won the fair play award for his gesture: "With Paolo, we are great friends, we are from the same region (Avola), we grew up together and when we are in Sicily we train together. Paolo did a wonderful gesture."