Amadio: "Ciccone was disappointed after the European Championship, but we made sure the photo finish was fair."

Last night, at the Thursday Fantacycling lounge , we had a guest of great importance in the world of cycling: the coach of the Italian national team Roberto Amadio .

Marru and Fede 's main questions were obviously related to the controversial European Championships in Ljubljana, where Italy still managed to win a silver and a bronze.

" I'm satisfied with the tactics we adopted ," explained the coach. " Having Scaroni as our closest pursuer allowed us to avoid Ciccone pulling, at my suggestion. Then, in the final 3 km, Christian's deficit was more than a minute, and at that point, Giulio gave Evenepoel a hand ." And at the end, there was controversy: " Ciccone was obviously disappointed with the final result, but as soon as the race was over, Viviani and I went to make sure the photo finish was fair ."

The coach also revealed an interesting behind-the-scenes story , explaining how he sometimes manages to reach agreements with riders and teams on the program during the year: " Ciccone and I agreed on the approach to the World Championships and European Championships back in the spring, collaborating with Guercilena. Giulio was in great condition for these two events."

"Other times - continued Amadio - it is more difficult to find a meeting point with the teams, for example in the case of Pellizzari , or Piganzoli , who I would have liked to have with us at the European Championship, but with Visma they decided to let him race for Emilia ".

" Tiberi ? Right now, to be blunt, he's a wasted talent , I can't fully understand it. To get called up, he'll have to improve and show that he's always going strong ."

Finally, the coach gave his opinion on the World Championship, which he ran without regrets and with the feeling, as stated by Tom Pidcock , that Del Toro wanted to favour his UAE teammate Brandon McNulty.

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