Cycling, Villa towards the role of new coach of Italy on the road

Rome, 13 February 2025 – The reconfirmation of Cordiano Dagnoni as president of the Federcycling has started a domino effect that in the near future should affect the other positions of a movement that dreams of re-emerging from the ashes of recent years. The reference is in particular to the street, an area in which, barring any unexpected events, he should be promoted Marco Villa.

Italy's possible new positions

 The man of miracles on the track seems to be on the verge of taking over Daniele bennati, whose adventure in blue cannot be considered positive from the point of view of the results but perhaps not even analyzing the feeling with the group: the words of relief after the debacle at the World Cup in Zurich of the now almost ex-coach, who on that occasion felt betrayed by the lack of courage shown by Antonio Tiberi and company. The ball, therefore, could pass to Villa, possibly called to find also on the road the perfect recipe identified for the track, where in recent years most of the triumphs of Italian cycling have arrived. It would be precisely on the oval that he would pass Dino Savoldi, the man who has restored lustre to the junior and women's movement, in which this domino should pass Marco Velo, which seems to be about to deal with road and time trials. For now it remains in the realm of hypotheses, but after the first Federal Council, scheduled following the Europeans on a track still in progress, we will know more about it. Right at Zolder he is disengaging, so far with more shadows than lights, Elia Viviani, another piece that could join the puzzle of Italian cycling politics. The Veronese, still unattached after the end of his partnership with Ineos Grenadiers, he doesn't seem inclined to retire, but in the event of black smoke on the continuation of his career on the road, an immediate entry into the flagship or in any case into some institutional role cannot be excluded.

Kooij close to leaving Visma-Lease a Bike?

Meanwhile, a farewell at the end of the year is also expected between Olav Kooij , Visma-Lease a Bike: word from the sporting director Grischa Niermann, intercepted by the microphones of Spouse. "At the moment, I can't say that Olav will stay with us 100%. It's a question of opportunities and money that we will talk about at the end of the season". For the moment, among the certainties there seems to be the failure to call up the Dutchman to the Tour de France, Where the Visma-Lease a Bike will obviously go to the full service of jonas vingegaard. "In the future we do not exclude that they could go together with the Great Boucle. kooij he's a sprinter and if he drops on the climbs, as is right, the media would say that we have the wrong team". In short, Niermann betrays a slight internal nervousness within the Dutch battleship after what happened in the recent past and in particular in a 2024 dotted with falls and disappointments.