GLASGOW – The bronze medal around your neck doesn't exactly inspire reflection, but it's still a great achievement. Ganna also passed through that color and used it as a ramp to get back to goldIn a season like Milan's, which has been very complicated from May onwards, finishing third in the pursuit tournament at the World Cup is a great result.
"What I told him this morning," Marco Villa said last night, commenting on the evening, "when he expected to play the final with Filippo, instead he was a little disappointed. Periods where you think you've done everything right, but then your legs don't turn as you think can happen.And at these levels you emerge more by filling the small gap that is missing. We had noticed that it was not the usual Milan, He is probably still recovering from the great fatigue of the Giro, his first Giro. He must learn from Filippo who, two or three years ago, just as Jonathan was in the final for first and second place, was competing in the final for third. Ganna is risen, we are also waiting for Milan».
The first Giro di Milan was a surprise call, which led to a stage victory, four second places and the cyclamen jersey, challenging due to the roads and the pressure it brings. The "heating" she endured on the day of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo was the pill she had a hard time swallowing, even if she feels like it's been digested by now.
How do we want to interpret this bronze?
I'm quite satisfied. Obviously, as I've said in the past few days, we're always aiming higher, but in the end the shot is adjusted with the energies that are there and already in the morning I didn't expect to have a great qualifying session, because I didn't have good feelings. I hoped and aimed to do better, but I achieved this bronzeAnd I have to say that in the final I felt better than in qualifying. That's what I had to offer.
The first lap gets the engine going, but in the immediate future it risks overheating a lot…
I had a bit of a hard time after the Line of BusinessI was just tired and had a hard time recovering. The engine has gotten quite hot, but it's true that something changes. Even the confidence you have in yourself, seeing how far you can go. It's obvious that this too was a discovery, because I didn't know how quickly my body would recover from this huge effort.So I'm happy. Now let's focus on getting back on track, then we'll continue with the road season.
So, what should the program be?
Now I should go straight to Hamburg, then Benelux, Plouay, Canada and then maybe the Europeans, which is on September 24 in Drenthe, NetherlandsBut let's see what conditions I get there in, it would be nice to do them, though I have to deserve them.
What did you think of the road race?
I watched it, even though I dozed off at one point. Not because it was boring, since they started snapping at each other with 140 kilometers to go, but because I was tired. Van der Poel he really did a great thingHe also fell, but he got back up like a spring. He had an impressive season. Really good, too Bettiol. I think we also had a very good World Cup.
