La Bardiani CSF Faizanè revolutionizes its performance staff, indeed, one could say that it creates it. Roberto and Bruno's team Reverbs has three new members on its staff: Maurizio Vicini, Andrea Giorgi and Borja Martinez Gonzalez. What do they have in common? They all come from Drone Hopper Androni, the team of Savio which from this year will no longer be a professional. We asked Roberto Reverberi himself how and when the idea for this little revolution was born., which actually hides a lot behind it.
It's a complete staff taken from an existing team…
Exactly. Over the years, at Bardiani, we've repeatedly had the intention of bringing Vicini, the team doctor, to our practice. A figure that we would have liked to implement in our staff because having two is always betterHe's very good and knowledgeable, and he lives close to us. But he's always been fair to Savio and declined our offers.
Then came the downsizing of the Drone Hopper.
It's bad to say, but it's the truth. The closure of Drone Hopper is a shame, as soon as Savio found out about this he “freed” the staff and these three new figures arrived.
Who are the other two, Giorgi and Borja?
Andrea Giorgi will be in charge of carrying out the tests and will monitor the children's nutritional needs. One point on which we realized we needed to make progressBorja, on the other hand, will be responsible for checking the boys' training sessions via Training Peaks and will liaise with the sports directors to keep them updated. We don't have a trainer attached to the team, every boy is free to choose who he wants. Obviously, everything will be before our eyes, or rather Borja's.
A step forward then?
We felt the need to expand our staff, especially as modern cycling pushes us to work on a broader scale. Twenty-six riders are a lot and they are all spread across ItalyWhen something happens, it's difficult to get there and follow up. This way, we'll have better monitoring and fewer problems.
Before Giorgi, who took care of nutrition?
We have never had a nutritionist, As mentioned, Giorgi will take care of this role. If the kids want to be followed, we don't force anyone, but we realized this need.
This is a small revolution…
Giorgi will also create the nutrition plan for the races and training sessions, and will also follow them on a technical level. The children will get used to weighing food during the retreat., because depending on your weight and physique there are different eating plans to follow. We will also have a scale that we will give to each rider and through an application we will be able to monitor our weight and understand if there are corrections to be made.
Focus heavily on improving your diet.
We've noticed this especially this year: you can't do everything by eye. Many kids young they don't have the slightest idea or culture of how to be a rider. They have a lot of information that they can get from anywhere but they need a contact personEven the most experienced riders make mistakes, to give you an example, the same Fiorelli when he was an amateur he weighed 67 kilos, now 69. Everyone has something to learnWe want to put our kids in a position to do well, then it's up to them to give it that little bit extra, we can't get everywhere.
Will Giorgi replace Pino Toni?
We will no longer work with Pine, will continue, privately, to follow some of our riders and when he has some interesting riders he might send them to us again.
But Toni followed the new purchases for 2023, How come?
When we contacted Vicini, who was the main figure we needed, cI was told we would have to take the full staffThey asked us to work alone, to have more control. They wanted all three of us to work together, and they gave us some choices.
