Cordiano Dagnoni applauds the Azzurri.
The words of Cordiano Dagnoni
With the extraordinary feat of Tadej Pogacar, the World Cycling and Para-cycling Championships Zurich 2024 ended in which Italy closes with a balance of 19 medals (5 from cycling and 14 from para-cycling).“
"There are many elements that emerge from these world championships whose excellent results are added to those of the Olympics and Paralympics – declares President Cordiano Dagnoni -. We return home with a world title, among the juniors, that offers several keys to interpretation. We admired in Finn a talent; let’s give him time to complete the maturation. This year in the junior category we have won world titles with different athletes, demonstrating that our future does not è rely on a single rider, but on the strength of a movement. I think this is the best answer to those who say that there are no replacements to today’s champions. I am sure that in a few years we will have riders capable of filling that gap, among professionals, that currently separates us from the strongest. I thank for this first of all the societasà, which are the real strength of our Federation".
"How can I not mention, then, the other protagonists of this expedition, the whole group of Paralympic cycling, capable once again of achieving results in a sector that every year raises more and more the overall level with the’entry of new countries. We have, then, still in our eyes the beautiful race of Elisa Longo Borghini and her medal won with the grace and lightness of an athlete who represents a model for all".
"These successes are the fruit of the choices made at the beginning of our mandate and concretized then by the work of all our CTs, staffs and federal personnel, coordinated by Roberto Amadio. To the athletes and all of them go my thanks, aware that other important appointments await us, starting with the track world championships in October and then, looking beyond, to the congressional season to which we arrive with the strength of the results and the serenityà of having worked for the best."
