From message from Villa who apologized to him for his exclusion from the Olympics Three months have passed and Michele Scartezzini is back in Montichiari, working to go to the Roubaix World ChampionshipsGrenchen's passage to the European Championships was not convincing (the Venetian opened during the Madison with Viviani), the Italian group seemed disconnected and Ganna's ear-pulling got people talking.
«The topic has caused a sensation – says Michele – but We cleared things up on Monday. I share a room with Pippo, everything's fine.It's annoying if we don't get results at our level and At the European Championships we missed out on a medalVilla didn't like us and he's right. It was a mistake that weighed on us and that maybe It will give us something more like anger for the World Cup».
Europeans below par
In summary, we left the European Championships as if we were not the national team that won the Olympic quartet. Removed the beautiful individual pursuit by Jonathan Milan, In the other specialties we stammered and it was not too fair to expect it. Indeed, one could almost imagine that those excluded from Tokyo were going with fire, to take their share of the glory.
It often happens that teams relax after the Olympics, but for example, among the women, the quartet won silver, just as Paternoster took silver in the elimination round and Barbieri took bronze in the omnium.
Something wrong with the preparation?
The condition was there, but I had said right away in my case that the goal was to make people forget the exclusion from Tokyo it would have been the world cup. The European Championships had a strange calendar and arriving at the top, especially now that we are at the end of the season and energy is limited, could have been a risk. That of arriving in Roubaix without the right strengthTwo weeks is a good period, during which the condition can change.
What do you know about the Roubaix track? Have you ever ridden there?
We went there in 2019 in preparation for the World Championships in Pruzskow, but Marco (Villa, ed.) told us that They had problems with the wood on the track. So they sanded it and applied a different impregnator.The track itself has tight corners and long straights, so we'll have to ride it a bit to get used to it. It only takes 20-30 laps to get the feel for it.
And do smoothness and flowability affect technical choices?
Certainly. If it's not smooth you have to think about the ratios and the table on which to set the raceThe good thing is that it will be like this for everyone, so no one will be advantaged.
Are we going on vacation after the World Cup?
Nothing to do. This year I bought a house, so I'll be spending my holidays there. And then I'll do two Six Days, in Ghent and Rotterdam.Sercu wanted me to do them with Lamon, but at least for the first one Francesco will be on vacation and I'll race with a Belgian guy from Lotto Soudal. Instead, in Rotterdam, if they confirm it, we'll have an Italian pairing.
How do you experience Christmas Eve in Montichiari?
Good, as usual. Yesterday we did two timed testsThe first one went well, but Milan and Donegà fell in the second, so it was of little use. And on those, Marco gave the teams (in addition to the Olympic quartet, Scartezzini, Bertazzo, and Viviani will fly to Roubaix, ed.). We start tomorrow, there's not much time left now.
