“Pantani chose me, we had known each other since he was an amateur and he confided to me that he would like me as a sports director. It seemed like a sentence thrown in, but instead he really proposed it to me. He had the same irony as me, I remember long car trips in which we sang at the top of our lungs. I miss him, we would have had a lot of fun even now ”. This is one of the most significant passages of a beautiful interview by Antonio Barillà with Riccardo Magrini that you can find in today's edition of La Stampa . The Eurosport commentator talks about his world and the relationship with cycling two days before the start of the Giro d'Italia .

Let's face it, we can't wait for the pink race to begin also to hear the legendary commentary from the "Magro" who, with his competence and irony, manages to unite fans and also capture those who follow cycling in a distracted way: "I I'm happy to bring other people together with my anecdotes and jokes - continues Magrini - We have a heterogeneous audience made up of over eighty and kids ”.

Famous and not famous, all fans of racing accompanied by the voice of Magrini and Luca Gregorio , who have now become the pair that accompanies our cycling: “ Pioli , Milan coach, wrote me a message at 4 in the morning during the Tokyo Olympics. Then Guidolin, Pruzzo, Gentile, Meggiorini, and Allegri . Unlike the deputy, Landucci does not like to pedal, but he follows the races ”.  

We do not know if the Juventus and Milan coaches also play at Fantacycling . Magrini yes, and it is with great pride that we can define him as one of the greatest fans of our app. Immediately captured by the magic of our game, with his team “Pezzetti e Buàti”, the “Magro” has shown that he has fully entered the true spirit of Fantacygling. After all, as reported in the interview with La Stampa , he prefers to live the races lightly and it is precisely from there that his neologisms are born, such as the famous "Pheasant": "It is an action that is born quietly, like the pheasant that paw before taking flight. The "New Year's Eve" instead describes the shattering of the group: a friend of mine coined it in front of glass shards that came down from a cupboard. “Ciccino d'avana is my stuff: it indicates someone who doesn't count. And "Biascino da Siena" is a friend. Finally the nicknames, from Froome smoothie to Pikachu Pogacar ”.

We are waiting for the Giro d'Italia also and above all for this.

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