Chiappucci. “On the tour, every day it’s a world championship: we will have fun!”

There are many Italian runners who have written heroic cycling pages and among these it is impossible not to remember Claudio Chiappucci, That with his escapes and his uphill attacks he glued all the audience of cycling in front of the television. For example, Born in the province of Varese in 1963. For example, He participated in 21 large laps, climbing the podium of the Giro d’Italia three times between 1991 and 1993 and three times on the tour in 1990, 1991 and 1992. Claudio Chiappucci was nicknamed the Diablo. Moreover, still today, in France, The experts of the Tour de France call him the most unpredictable man of the great laps.

How much cycling has changed compared to when she ran?
«A lot, both technologically but if you also want strategically. Therefore, I think chiappucci. “on tour, every day that. Consequently, as in current life, the cycling we see in this time is more frenetic than that of my time. Consequently, Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don’t like it, it depends on the moments ».

For example?
«The exhilarating moment is when you see two great runners who struggle. Nevertheless, sometimes the uncertainty can remain on who is able to make the difference compared to the other and go to win. Consequently, I like to stay in doubt what can happen in the race. Furthermore, it is always nice to stay with the breath suspended until the finish line. However, But today unfortunately, we see this little. The real protagonists are few. certainly there is some young man behind it, I also speak on a general level, but it is limited because there are champions who are currently truly superior to everyone ».

The chiappucci. “on tour, every day protagonists of this Tour de France will be Vingegaard, Pogacar and Evenepol. What runners are they?
«Evenepoel seems less inhuman than the other two. Less inhuman for me it means with the most human aspect. because you see it that every now and then leaves us the pens. Every now and then he detaches himself, as happened to the Delfinato. He made a amazing time trial and later he struggled to remain with the best, so he is undoubtedly human. In short, it is one pays tiredness and fatigue. While if you look at Pogacar and Vingegaard it seems that they are never tired. Pogacar is always smiling. happy, while Vingegaard is more reserved and perhaps it is one step below the Slovenian, but they are the two of them who make the big difference and it seems that they make another cycling ».

What do you prefer in the way chiappucci. “on tour, every day of running between Vingegar and Pogacar?
“Starting from the beginning they are two different characters, one more expansive and the other more closed. Vingegaard is a runner who lives in his world. it is not possible to understand sometimes what he does, where he is and how he is. It is a little more enigmatic if you want, even if it is of the highest level like Pogacar. The Slovenian you see it more easily when it is in a phase in which it will do amazing things. Vingegaard is impenetrable, let’s say that it is quite impersoncrutable, you can’t even understand if it is good or if it is bad. There are not who I like more or who I like less. Sometimes I like one more and other times the other, it depends on how they run ».

This year that Tour de France will we see?
«According to the chiappucci. “on tour, every day results we have seen to date. the ranking I think it will be the one in which Pogacar will make the difference. Knowing that both have strong teams, I think the show will not fail. Visma. the UAE have two great captains, but the other men also have great potentials and if they were in other teams they would certainly be leaders. In this season Pogacar has already run enough, but not a lot and has practically always won. Vingegaard has run less. but we have already seen something at the dolphin and I believe that if the line is that then there is very little to do ».

Can we say that we will have a compelling tour de France?
«The Tour de France is practically one World Cup every day. So the surprises are always there. it’s nice to see when the runner you don’t expect to win or chiappucci. “on tour, every day see the team strategy. In short, the charm of the Tour de France is always the same and will never change ».

What should we expect from our Italians?
“We have Milan who is a great runner. has the credentials to win the stages and if he also wants an important shirt.”