He said it yesterday Lorenzo Carera: previously the only female prosecutor was PeregoThen the WorldTour was born and they arrived too. Perego is the same one who followed Nizzolo and Paternoster and who Last winter, more out of spite than conviction, he decided to run for the federal elections. By profession he is a financial promoter and among his most recent operations in the transfer market there is the signature of Vittoria Guazzini with the Fdj-Nouvelle Aquitaine (opening photo).
If it's true that he was there before, why not ask him to draw his own summary?
“I’ve been working with women since 2018,” she says, “and it’s true that Italy is an exception. Foreign women have the same managers as men and it's understandable that with the WorldTour my category will also start to get involved.They're already doing it. But in Italy, it's much more difficult with women. You can't take 60 and hope that some will emerge; those numbers aren't there, and that's because the market isn't absorbing that much. Movistar has an Italian. SD Worx has the same. Bike Exchange has one. Fdj has two..."
What is the team environment like?
In the large ones you find the same managers as men, so for example at Movistar there's Unzue and at Bike Exchange there's Copeland, while elsewhere there are different names. In smaller teams, they're often used to dealing with women. A bit like the team managers of some Italian professional teams, who when they find an agent see redIt's a more closed world.
You said the numbers aren't there.
You have to take the strong ones, but they can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Then you go fishing among the young ones, who are 18 years old and don't offer any guarantees. There could be... Barale goes to Team DSM, otherwise their destination is the Valcar, the Fassa Bortolo, the BePink, the Italian continentals. And do you need a prosecutor to take them there? What are you going to ask him in terms of money?
You're not talking about such small teams…
Have a very important role, but also a period to understandThe arrival of teams like Cofidis and the others that are starting out will be limited to a continental year, unless they find a WorldTour license to purchase. Consequently, The places for continental teams in the races are being reduced, because it is clear that certain teams will have priority And so, to get invitations, they'll have to buy girls with points. But it could happen that at this point, Belgium will invite Belgian teams and France will invite French teams, who perhaps don't need hotels and reimbursements. So, if Italian teams don't embrace the idea of becoming youth teams, they'll have a tough time.
The same problem continentals have among men.
The same problem, which sometimes also affects professional cars.
Then?
So the exceptional work of Valcar in recent years, for example, risks being lost. The best girl goes away after a while, especially if there is an agent who offers it to the squad.
And then there is the question of the military corps.
A problem that is added. The moment true professionalism is recognized among girls, some of them will be called to make an important choiceAnd in those moments I will take a step back and I hope all my colleagues will do the same. Because it is true that a girl's competitive life is potentially longer than a man's, but it is also true that it's a lifestyle choice. And then there is the formal aspect.
That would?
The athlete is a member of the Military Corps, and so she's registered with them, so you have to talk, negotiate, and discuss with them. If you try to exclude them, they can easily get in the way and there's nothing you can do about itEstablish that the athlete will run the 5-6 races a year with them and then put them into service. It's clear that they also care about sporting success, but let's remember that the best are with them.
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