In May 2006, Jacky Lorenzetti became the president of a Racing that lived in the second division. He has made it one of the best clubs in France, "qualified each season for the final phase of the Top 14," says the 75-year-old manager. For ten years, he has linked his destiny to Laurent Travers, who first coached the Ciel et Blanc with Laurent Labit, before becoming sole manager since 2019. In a month, Travers will know, at 54 years old, a new promotion by becoming chairman of the club's board. An evolution that comes at the right time for the technician feeling that the end of the cycle has arrived. Even if he insists: "We played 16 quarter-finals, 9 semi-finals and 4 finals (Top 14 and Champions Cup)". And he does not hide his ambition: to win a second title after that of 2016.
THE FIGARO. - What memories do you have of your first meeting, more than ten years ago?
Jacky LORENZETTI.- It was on the occasion of a lunch with Pierre Berbizier (manager of Racing from 2007 to 2012, editor's note)
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