Ganna wins, in the sprint and then in the time trial. With the World Championships just around the corner and Bagioli taking the last stage, the news fills us with good humor and if anything it raises some regrets.Given the route (but not the calendar), the Piedmontese could have also made a good impression in the road test. But that's not possible. On August 5th, there are the quartet finals. the 6 the road test, which Pippo will not do. On August 8th there is the Team Mixed Relay, which he will not do. While there will be the 11th the individual time trial, who will try to winIn this tangled Scottish calendar, in which Ganna will be entrusted to the Italian staff, his shadow always available will be Dario Cioni, with him in these Walloon days.
In an interview given yesterday to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Ganna commented on the victory of the time trial at Wallonie speaking of optimal numbers and some technical problem that Cioni himself is apparently trying to solve.
How is the build-up to the World Cup going?
Well, the victory in the first stage came right away, which is a good sign anyway. In the time trial he went fast on a course that wasn't particularly suited to him, so for this reason too he won by a somewhat narrow margin. But numerically it did the power we expected..
What was he referring to in the interview?
We have a couple of small problems, but we can solve them. Factors external to us, linked to the materialsi, which however it is better not to talk about.
Ganna returned to racing a month after the Italian Championships, what has he been up to in the meantime?
A high altitude training camp and two blocks of track work, one of which, however, was held before the Italian championships. We are different from the program we had done this winter, which we had to change after the withdrawal from the Giro. Clearly something was missing, because it could have do another time trial, But this is the athlete's life, sometimes there are inconveniences and we need to find alternatives. Let's just say we're in the full transition phase.
How do the quartet's dates fit in with the time trial?
In the end I'm not that bad, but if there had been a couple of days less to wait between the two tests, it would have been easier to manage. In the sense that, having completed the recovery phase between one test and the next, it would have been optimal to run straight away. Instead will remain on five days before the time trial.
Would racing on the road in the aftermath of the chase have really been out of the question?
The problem is that he wouldn't have time to recoverThey wanted to make everyone compete together and so they made life difficult for those who do multidisciplinary workSo the road is too close and the time trial is far away. In that period we'll have to see what to do, we'll decide based on how we feel and how the quartet is going. And then there's also the weather up there to take into consideration. and the needs of the national team.
The time trial is 47,8 kilometers long, with just three short climbs and the finish at the castle on a small cobbled climb. What do you think?
We will have to be careful about the energy management before the climbIt's short, so Goofy finishes strong and it shouldn't be a problem for him. But before I say anything else, you will have to go there by bike, because it is difficult to evaluate it remotely. However, it is ultimately a very short piece, so the influence will not be very great.
Last year's route didn't sit well with Pippo from the start, does this one seem more suitable?
Much more, I confirm. The one in Wollongong, already seeing it on paper, had never inspired him.
Are the Wallonie results surprising or are they in line with the objectives you had set yourselves?
We're in good shape, we knew that. We came to win the time trial, but the stage came as a bit of a surprise. The plan was to give Elia the sprint (Viviani, ed.), we had talked about it in the meeting, but then another opportunity presented itself and he took it. It's not the first time that Goofy has shown that he has a quick ideaThe idea, however, was to use this race to push himself, because he hadn't done a stage race since June 18th with Occitanie and a route with lots of ups and downs was ideal.
From Belgium to Montichiari and then to Scotland: what's left to do?
On the track he will do the speeding up work, since they will see each other from today and will stay for six days, until August 1stThey have these days of approaching the track, even if the bulk of it has already been done. There may be some finishing touches, but with which you cannot influence the condition. Instead, you will have to be careful to manage the transition from track to road on those in-between days.
What will you do?
I don't think you'll need to do any major work, though. some intermediate work yes, also because it cannot do intensity everyday.
Will you be in Glasgow too?
Starting from August 6th until August 12th. Ganna will be with the national team, I will also have other things to do, but They are still there and if necessary there will be the usual good dialogueThese will also be useful days for choosing wheels and gears, even if the test two days ago provided some useful indications.
