(Rome, 1981) was thunderstruck by Pantani in 1994 and from then on started his cycling adventure. After racing in the competitive categories of traditional cycling and crowning his career with a year in the professional ranks, he decided to switch to ultracycling in 2012. He has excelled in this extreme sport, which he still practises today, mostly by competing in winter ventures, in various Italian and international competitions. Among others, he has won Le Raid Provence Extrême 2014 and 2015 (600 km), the Tour du Mont Blanc 2015 (330 km), the Ultracycling Dolomitica 2015-2016 (616 km) and the Italian Endourance 24 Hours Championship 2018, as well as becoming the Italian speciality champion in 2015 and 2017. In 2018, he completed the crossing of Arctic Canada by cycling about 1300 km on the Arctic Highway after reaching the North Cape and crossing Iceland entirely during the winter.