First time from an Air Force base (ANSA) Col. Marco Bertoli, Commander of the 2nd Wing, flanked by Police Chief Franco Gabrielli, waved the orange flag and the cyclists of the Giro d'Italia set off on the runway used by the Frecce tricolori, for the 15 / A stage, the Rivolto-Piancavallo, the first ever to depart from an Air Force base. The departure was preceded by three passes of the Arrows with the tricolor smoke bombs, which greeted
Col. Marco Bertoli, Commander of the 2nd Wing, flanked by Police Chief Franco Gabrielli, waved the orange flag and the cyclists of the Giro d'Italia set off on the runway used by the Frecce tricolori, for the 15 / A stage, the Rivolto-Piancavallo, the first ever to depart from an Air Force base.
The departure was preceded by three passes of the Arrows with the tricolor smoke bombs, which greeted the event with acrobatic figures.