Among the electoral programs of the four candidates for President Di Rocco's throne, That of Daniela Isetti (opening with Salvato, Cappellotto and Faustino Coppi) is without a doubt the most complex and probably the one that arises from a better knowledge of the federal machineAnd just by reading it and reading about the desire to simplify its mechanisms, one realizes that how the Federation has become a matryoshka of organs over the years on whose usefulness a separate reflection could be opened, given that The complaints of anyone trying to organize something are about excessive bureaucracy..
There are 18 points and cover every corner of federal life and cycling activity in Italy, to leave nothing out, trying to make solid what has now slipped into disrepair through carelessness, such as the speed sector where it was enough to just stick one's nose in, to already arouse the debate between Ivan Quaranta, Chiappa, guardini, Ceci e Marco Villa.
Let's start here. And we hope that when the delegates gather in assembly for the vote that will decide the future of Italian cycling, choose on a technical and common sense basis and not, as has often happened, for one's own gain.
Simplify
In the Isetti program we talk about a Federation of service, to face daily life with the support of the federal structure for ordinary and extraordinary management. It will be necessary to start a simplification plan that concerns the revision of regulations and standards as well as impacting bureaucratic procedures where possible, making them more accessible.
"Simplification," says Isetti, "is necessary for the Federation to be of service and support to all activities. I never mention one specialty or another, because unless we need to go into specifics, we are talking about the same great cycling houseWe need to break down the walls. But since I've been told that I don't talk much about off-road, let's say that just as the track has its technical base in Montichiari, a Federal Off-Road Centre will need to be created, which will then be branched out across the territory and linked to local realities. There will be renewed attention for all specialties. So far, much has been done, now we need to propose a restyling of the way we present ourselves to the outside world, in the wake of the good that we already have."
Safety
Security travels alongside simplification. Even through the development of National Plant Commission Through regional representatives, with a dedicated budget, the Federation will oversee the development of the facilities, from design to implementation, for all structures capable of promoting safe practice, also providing consultancy for public funding and tenders.
"Safety," Isetti explains, "must be addressed across the board, through the necessary ramifications throughout the territory. Right now, with the increasing number of bicycles on the road, we must go to support the Administrations to organize cycling safely. From the pump track in the city park to the construction and management of velodromes.
Athletes and technicians
Among the strengths of the program, the Study Center directed by her in recent years can become the passe-partout to access various contexts transversallyFor example, an evaluation of the various Commissions will be conducted, including to understand how they interact with the local communities. One will be established for Athletes and Coaches, with an advisory role, and one for the youth categories, which will meet exclusively online, to gather opinions and ideas.
"It's important," he explains, "to create the Athletes and Coaches Commission because there are issues that concern everyone. We saw, in the online courses we ran with the Study Center during the lockdown, that athletes can provide insights from their experience And this will be essential for better interaction in youth cycling. What others say they want to do, we have already done. The day we really need to get started, we will have a team of former athletes who now hold degrees in Sports Science, like Paolo Simon, who already have the necessary training."
Speed and national
Speed, which as Chiappa said awards 18 Olympic medals, is at the centre of a big revision job, trying to increase the collaboration with the sports groups of the Military Corps, as already happens with girls.
"The abandonment of the sector," Isetti explains, "coincided with the decline of the track. When we started again, we have dedicated ourselves more to the specialties closest to the road, having a technician like Marco Villa who the whole world envies us and two engines like Viviani and Ganna, who Mother Nature created in Italy. But I am convinced that the experience and organization of the endurance sector can be extended to other situations as well. It should be noted that all velodromes must be put in a position to work better."
The very structure of the national teams will be reviewed from an organizational point of view, with the establishment of the Sports Science Coordinator, who will collaborate with the national coaches and will be responsible for the scientific and athletic aspects of the team.
«The organizational management approach changes – he adds – while I'm not going into the discussion of the names of the techniciansThey have the contract until September and I don't see why those who have worked well can't be confirmed. But certainly a lot can be done to help them work better."
And what do they do in the South?
Two points remain, the South and the amateurs, with different but, to say the least, poisonous thorns. As so often in the past, a project name has been devised for the South – Project of the Sun – which however needs to be filled with content to avoid it ending up like the Southern Project and other amenities that have happened over the years Cycling further south than Arezzo has sunk into desolation.
Anyone who says things are going well and we're moving in the right direction evidently has some vested interest to defend.
The program states that virtuous companies will be rewarded and participation in competitions will be guaranteed, through the scheduling and organization of events which offer moments of competitive comparison, with the hope of eliminate races in which youth categories race among adults.
"I know the South quite well," says Isetti. "I'm familiar with the mechanisms and I think I've identified the needs. I think it's a project that can provide the right valorization of territories that have always given us great championsi. Even with the creation of a representative that will bring the most deserving kids to run throughout Italy, covering the expenses."
Amateurs and tourists
Finally, amateurs and cycle tourists, who on the one hand represent a good source of income, on the other could to embrace a certain way of promoting sports in the area, but which have nothing to do with the competitive aims of a Federation affiliated with the Olympic Committee: a vision that finds an interesting integration in the candidate Isetti's program.
«I cared a lot – he says – about training of cycling guides, because we can't remain outside the dynamics with which cycling spreads in society. Everything that happens around the bike can serve to raise greater awareness of the Olympic dimension. We have riders who have become guides. Others who have become coaches. With these figures, the two dimensions actually come closer. Their presence leads, for example, to promotion of youth categories, to enter schools and to search for talents. Furthermore, events that will be able to create side events dedicated to youth cyclingMy idea is to reduce friction between the sectors and the amateur side can be proactive with respect to real competitive sport."
