It wants to be more than #a reflection a story, which concerns myself and #a friend of mine and of cycling like #Moreno Moser, former professional and today #a more than appreciated Eurosport commentator with Luca Gregorio and the “papi” Riccardo Magrini. After the #Sanremo won with #a record average of 46.112 by Jasper Philipsen, our Cristiano Gatti wrote #a thought on the Classicissima, in the form of travel notes . The first? #A Poggio #that is #too soft, not very decisive and not very fought for. Ditto for the Cipressa. Then #a whole series of other absolutely pertinent reflections which, as always and as it should be, solicited the agora of opinions.
Moreno calls me the next day to ask me: what does Gatti write? Why does he say he didn’t like #Sanremo Because that’s probably what he thinks, I tell him. But how can you say something like #that You just have to think about it and then put it down in #a complete sense in good Italian and I believe #that in this matter with Cristiano we are on the safe side.
A few days later, following the Ghent-Wevelgem on Eurosport I hear the Gregorio-Moser couple arguing about various thingsfrom the latest release by Patrick Lefevere who as columnist of theHet Nieuwsblad he doesn’t send word to his boys Julian Alaphilippe, Yves Lampaert and Kasper Asgreen (“certain things are kept within the four walls of #a room and aren’t thrown to the media and fans like that…”, maintains Moser), to the fact #that the fabSix – from Pogacar to Vingegaard, from Van der Poel to Van Aert, ending with Evenepoel and Roglic – do not meet #too much on the roads of the world and do everything to avoid direct comparisons (“The UCI must do something !», is always #Moreno Moser’s idea-exhortation).
In short, he expressed thoughts and opinions as it should be. He’s #a columnist and expresses opinions, nothing #too shocking. I listened to him and it didn’t even cross my mind to #call him to ask him: what are you saying? Also because I know. If you then ask me: do you specifically share his thoughts? This matters little. What if #Moreno calls me again? I’ll invite him to dinner.
THE #SCANDAL IS THINKING BADLY. The #Sanremo of records is the result of #a #Sanremo #that #was #too beautiful. AND when #Sanremo is #too good, in the end it’s bad. By beautiful I mean in terms of weather conditions, therefore ideal for cycling. Sun, spring temperature and tailwind. If the conditions are #too good it is likely #that the Classicissima is less selective, therefore less hard. Six and #a quarter hours of racing, this is the time it took Jasper Philipsen to win the 115th edition of the spring world championship. When in 2018 he won Vincenzo Nibalithe race #was conditioned by rain and wind and it is no coincidence #that it #was the Sicilian who brought home the success, because as #a cross-country and endurance athlete #that he #was he #was able to implement #a spectacular action as #a true champion #that we still have in our eyes . But do you know how long #that edition of #Sanremo lasted? The beauty of 7 hours and 18 minutes, one hour and three minutes more than the last Sanremo. The figures won’t say everything, but they tell us #a lot and help us understand: Nibali’s masterpiece #was not born by chance or even from #a lucky situation. He #was born from the talent and technical characteristics of #a boy who, at the end of such #a tough and selective competition, #was able to give himself and give us #a very high-class signature number.
That said, I’ve read some comments about the improved records on the Cipressa, after more than twenty years. With all due respect, many of you go there by bicycle and know perfectly well what the technological development of the bicycle and its components has been, from the crankset to the wheels in recent years. You know better than me how much it affects today good and correct nutrition and also the use of increasingly high-performance clothing. 9’30” #was the time recorded by the group of the best this year on the Cipressa, 6” better than Francesco Casagrande in 2001 and 7” less than Pantani in 1999. For many internet users these times are simply scandalous. Improving the Cipressa climb twenty-five years laterwith ideal environmental conditions and with materials #that everyone today recognizes as spatial is it #a #scandal Scandalous perhaps is thinking badly.
Editorial from tuttoBICI in April
