The first was Ganna, who arrived from Viris-Maserati where track activity was not considered too highly. Pippo arrived at the Team Colpack in 2016 and to make it clear that the track is good for the road, he won the GP Laguna in Istria on Valentine's Day, the Roubaix U23, a time trial, the European pursuit championship and at the end of the season his first world championship. When the newborn UAE Emirates he went to get it and he also took away Consonni, Ravasi and Troìa, due to the agreement between Colpack and Lampre Merida from which the Arab team descended, the Bergamo team continued with that track project, holding Lamon e Jordanians, which would be joined a year later Davide Plebani.
«It all really started with Pippo – recalls Gianluca Valoti, coach of the Bergamo team – because It was then that we took that exceptional group of athletes, who were also great friendsWe have always had some track cyclists and now we will also take on a motocross rider, who has said he wants to try it on the road since 2023».
Quaranta and Napolitano
Starting with the 2022 Colpack has signed up Davide Boscaro e Daniele NapolitanoThe first won the quartet and the elimination at the U23 European Championship, the second took the bronze in the team sprint at the elite European Championships in Munich and reached the semi-finals in the keirin, led by Ivan Quaranta who before being called up to the national team, was one of the Colpack technicians.
The difference between the two is that Boscaro also races on the road and has brought home two victories (Battle Grand Prix and San Bernardino GP), while Napolitano will never go on the roadAnd perhaps this makes the decision to sign him up even more commendable.
«Quaranta called us – Valoti says – and asked if we were interested in signing him up and we said yes. We see him very little, for photos and presentations, and he seems like a very good guy to me. It almost scares me (smiles, ed.), because of how big it is. And seeing the photos with the weights you posted, I understand why. This year the Italian championships were held in Turin, so close to his home, so he had the support of the national team.Villa had organised the trip for the Azzurri and Quaranta joined in."
The blue support
While noting that this last one sounds like an anomaly (you should go to the Italian championships with your own club and not with the national team), it is a fact that support for these specialists has increased significantly in recent times and allows them to carry out activities.
«Unlike when we had Ganna, Consonni and Lamon – confirms Valoti – for whom we spent a lot of money, Now we understand that something has changed in the FederationI see Boscaro, for example. In December they go on a training camp in Calpe, then they take him racing in January and from there he'll compete in the European Championships. Compared to before, they are more followed».
Maybe for this reason, too Minutes will find a team for 2023. Membership does not entail any major obligationsThe national team arrives to support, relieving some clubs of certainly burdensome commitments. And so the track system has set sail again, with the silent approval of everyone else.
