Davide Martinelli volunteered his time in the local village of Rodeto, near Brescia, during a coronavirus blockade to deliver medicines and food to the elderly in the village by bike delivery.

Martinelli, son of longtime director sportif Giuseppe Martinelli, revealed via social media that he changed his Astana racing kit into courier clothes on Wednesday and ran to nearby Lovato to collect medicine for an elderly couple

His volunteer work included.

His volunteer work was discovered by the Italian website Tuttobiciweb, and Chris Froome praised Martinelli on social media.

Brescia is located in eastern Lombardy and has been hit hard by the coronavirus Covid-19 epidemic. The number of infected people has come to a head, indicating that the tight blockade in Italy is working. However, in Lombardy alone, nearly 45,000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 and more than 7,000 have died. [Rodetto is a special place for me, with about 1,500 people living there, but unfortunately there are no pharmacies or grocery stores. So I thought this was my chance to give something back to those who have supported and helped me over the years," Martinelli wrote on Instagram.

"It all started thanks to the guys from the village, including my cousin Stefano, who got together. I have a bike, two legs and a backpack so I can do what I can. It took me 30 minutes to make the 10-kilometer round trip to Lovato. For a professional cyclist this is nothing, but when I delivered medicine to an elderly couple, obviously wearing masks and gloves, they were incredibly grateful.

"I am the luckiest person in the world. Cycling is a great sport, but there is nothing better than the feeling you get when you help someone in need."