«I want to think that Riccardo made an extreme gesture», says the mayor of Macomer, Riccardo Uda: «For me he wanted to guarantee the future of his little girl». He acted as a shield, with his body. A last gesture of love, to save her little girl. Riccardo Delrio lost his life on the Alghero-Bosa, in that terrible collision between two motorbikes, on a day that should have been carefree. The 12-year-old daughter, thrown from the saddle, is fortunately out of danger. Virtually unharmed. "I tell my 12-year-old daughter that she had a truly precious person as a father," continues the mayor.
Macomer is a shocked city. On Wednesday at 10.30, in the church of San Pantaleo, he will say his final farewell to that man who everyone in Marghine knew and respected, and who would have turned 47 on April 23rd. Riccardo Delrio worked at Arpas, he was a great sportsman. Lover of athletics and his motorbikes. «He was a golden boy», says his close friend, Danilo Masala: «The last person in the world who had to die. Then, with motorbikes he was very careful. He had two, one that he used only on the track, the other for walks with the family. Just like Sunday. He always said: "You don't run on the road, you go slowly."
Two victims, on that beautiful and cursed road. Riccardo Delrio's motorbike collided with Gianluca Valleriani's Suzuki. Milanese, 66 years old, Valleriani was in love with Stintino, which he had chosen to live there about twenty years ago. The seaside resort clings to the man's son: in 2014 he lost his mother, now he has to face a new tragedy.