Fred Morini

Fred Morini is from the Umbrian town of Citta di Castello and already has a life which is full of experience, a life which touched on glory and also overcame a serious accident.
Federico is his real name and he started cycling at seven years of age.

He won a number of races as an Under 23 and raced for the Italian National Under 23 Team until he was given a contratct to race as a professional in 2000 with the German team Gerolsteiner.

he was an immdeiate success with the team winning the third stage of the Austria Tour in the first two months of racing and was always among the first five. So it was a promising first season for the young 24 year old. However it was not to be. In December 2001 he had a terrible accident, falling on a descent and suffering serious damage to the vertebra, spinal column and the medulla. He was diagnosed as being permanently paralysed but didn’t accept this and after months and months of exercise he managed to get back on his feet and eventually back on my bike!

From about mid 2004, with intensive therapy he cultivated the idea of going back to racing. He had the energy, the proven determination and the desire to succeed but after the damage caused by the accident, the physical ability was lacking. Desperation followed but family and a love of the bike got him back to a positive frame of mind.

He never stopped riding. He decided to put his experiences and experience to good use and help others who have a love of the bike like he does.

Anyone who has met Fred knows about his passion for cycling. He has a burning desire to help and give information to cyclists in his care. He is the Mother duck of his group when out on the road. He is strict but caring. Everything he does is to give his clients the best and the safest ride.

Since joining Bikestyle Tours he has worked on most of our trips including the Vuelta a Espana, the Giro d’Italia, his home race which he loves to show off as a proud Italian and of course the Tour de France which he says is “for any cycling lover is legendary”.
Finally in Fred’s words:

The important thing is to live and experience the atmosphere, cycling tourism isn’t just sport and nature. It’s also, and I’ll try to put it into simple terms, it’s the sharing of a world. In this sense the most receptive to this are the Engish speaking cycling tourists. It is a great pleasure for me to be able to share my talent and my emotions as an ex professional with those who ride for passion.