Davide Cassani puts Filippo Ganna at a crossroads

The words of Davide Cassani

Interesting new post by Davide Cassani: “Three sprints, one first and two second places. Really strong Jonathan Milan isn’t it? Yesterday second in the rain of Salerno and today second after a stage that of flat presented only the last 45 km. What will Milan become? A great sprinter because he already is one. Born on the track (like Ganna) he is burning up the stages on the road as well. Talking with Alessandro Petacchi, he was pointing out to me that he has wide room for improvement because his action is not yet as fluid as other sprinters. In short, he can go much stronger. Today I also had a chat with CT Daniele Bennati, and I asked him about the world championship. Yes because such a Milan could be suitable for the next world championship in Glasgow but there is a problem.”

“This year the UCI has decided to hold all the world championships in early August with the particularity is that they will be for all disciplines (track, road, MTB). It means that on Saturday (early August) there will be the quartet final and the next day the road road road race. He cannot, Milan, prepare 4 km on track and at the same time train for a 270 km race like the road race, and that is a pity. But the same problem will be for Filippo Ganna. The time trial would be able to do it, the World Championships on the road would not. We talk a lot about multi-discipline but this time it is the UCI that gets something wrong. Marco Villa’s Italy will probably field the Olympic quartet to win the world championship again, but Dabiele Bennati’s national team will have to do without men who could do something good.”