La formation EOLO-Kometa, la ProTeam italienne dirigée notamment par Alberto Contador et Ivan Basso, au départ du 106e Giro.
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00:00 When you do this job, it takes you back to what you did as a runner.
00:09 I am often asked this question.
00:14 I don't talk much about my past, because runners don't need to talk about what I did 10 years ago.
00:24 I need to contribute to the team, to the directors, to the staff, to try to get results.
00:32 The cycling has changed.
00:35 It changes every year, there is a continuous evolution.
00:40 They know very well what I did as a runner.
00:44 Talking about what I did doesn't matter.
00:47 There are already many former runners who need advice.
00:51 I don't have to associate myself with them, but I can contribute to the team.
01:00 I live every day.
01:05 To give advice, you have to live the H24 team 365 days a year,
01:10 as the sports directors, the coaches and the mechanics do.
01:15 We are more than 60 people, so I think they are the people who need to contribute,
01:23 both those around and those at home, to make this race go well.
01:29 Good morning.
01:31 Good morning, Vincenzo. We have a question from Tommaso Fontana.
01:35 There are two interesting stages in your career.
01:37 Will they be your primary goals or are you also thinking about cycling?
01:41 In the first week, there are two stages that I also go through in the place where I was born,
01:51 in Livretto Cipra.
01:53 I went to try them in the winter months, between November and December.
02:03 I know perfectly the roads where we will cycle.
02:08 These are the primary goals I have for myself,
02:14 but also the stage of Monday, which is a bit complicated.
02:20 You can expect a tight finish, with 70 or 80 runners.
02:26 It could be a real first opportunity for me.
02:29 We had a complicated start,
02:32 where the team was unable to achieve the results we had worked for during the winter.
02:41 We obviously suffered a lot from the injury of Albanese,
02:48 who for us, you know very well the value of this athlete for the team.
02:54 We had to be patient in recovering from the injury.
03:01 We had to keep faith in our programs with Lorenzo,
03:06 and not be in a hurry to recover from the results that did not arrive.
03:10 It was a complicated start of the season for us,
03:13 but in the last three weeks we regained our identity.
03:22 Our two captains arrived in a way as never before in the last two seasons.
03:34 As always happens in all teams, I have a certain experience,
03:38 I have been in this world for more than 30 years.
03:40 When the captains go strong, the rest of the team goes strong too.
03:44 We have a very strong team in this tour of Italy.
03:48 We count on the strength of will and humility to give our best every day,
04:02 trying to achieve all kinds of partial goals and also raising the bar a little at a time.