"It was however a world of goosebumps. It was wonderful to finish my adventure here with an extraordinary audience. Today I certainly have no regrets, except to curse bad luck": this is how the Italian coach Davide Cassani comments on the last test of the world championship competition which was also his last as a coach.
"Even a rider like Giacomo Nizzolo thanked me for the beauty of this event. Honor to Alaphilippe. We knew he was strong and had aimed decisively at the World Championship, even skipping the Olympics".
It was a day of emotion and bad luck - underlined Cassani to the Federciclismo website - Matteo Trentin and Davide Ballerini missed us even if they made themselves available to close the initial escape.
After the fall they were very ill.
In the final there were 17 men in front and 3 of us who were very good.
Nothing to say, the strongest won.
With this Alaphilippe I thought I saw Bettini in the good old days making 3-4 consecutive shots until he was able to go away. lack of a man in the final, despite the presence of Nizzolo who sacrificed himself, another would have been needed ".