AMATEURS | 06/14/2024 | 5.41pm
by Carlo Malvestio
Shut up, it’s been going strong since the beginning of the year and now, on a stage of great prestige like that of Giro Next Gen, Florian Kajamini is taking the deserved limelight. Barring any upheavals, the runner of the MBH Colpack Ballan he will take home the jersey of best Italian after having fought with the best, almost until the end, both in Pian della Mussa and in Fosse.
Today he finished 8th, 57″ behind Widar. The forcing of Mathys Rondel (Tudor), who remained ahead of the group of the best for practically half the climb, remained indigestible to him and in the end he had to make a more defensive final climb. «After a crazy first hour at an average of 53 km/h, on the final climb I paid for the frenetic pace set by Rondel – said Kajamini -. The top 20-25 riders in the general classification uphill are all strong, the level in general is really high. Rondel’s tactics? I think I would have done the same, better to push hard rather than wait for Widar to snap in your face. I had to climb at my own pace and Widar once again proved to be the strongest. Honestly, I didn’t expect him to be so strong, I had met him at Settimana Coppi & Bartali and he didn’t climb like that. But here all his talent is coming out.”
The Bolognese born in 2003 seems to be able to grow race after race: «Today I expected to do a little more, but I know I gave my best and so that’s okay. Being the best Italian is a great pride, we are on the right track to take home this jersey” said the winner of the San Vendemiano Trophy.
The Giro Next Gen, however, is not over, and in the next few days there will still be a chance to try to do something: «Pavel Novak today he was a little better than me, he stayed up front and went fast. Having two riders in the Top 10 I think is a great pride for the team, we still have two stages left, let’s try to do a little something in the next few days, even if we did the most of it today. But if the opportunity arose it wouldn’t be bad to try to win a stage.”
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