Sonny Colbrelli disagrees with Filippo Ganna but pushes him to Roubaix

Sonny Colbrelli disagrees with Filippo Ganna but pushes him to Roubaix. “If I had been him, I would have raced the Tour of Flanders,” he emphasizes with La Gazzetta dello Sport. “The pavé is not exactly the same as the French one, but it would have served to achieve even greater confidence. But in recent years the way of approaching the big appointments has changed: the choice can fit.”

“Winning in Belgium is not like doing it elsewhere. It means knowing how to file, always being there at the front, even beating bad luck as in his case, between punctures and broken handlebars. Despite the technical problems, he never lost his clarity, always stayed focused on the race. So, after Van der Poel and Pogacar someone like Filippo fits in nicely along with Van Aert and Pedersen. It seems to me that he has calibrated the preparation well. He has physique, power, in short, all the right cards to be competitive,” adds the former racer.

Some amarcord… “I remember everything about the day of the Paris-Roubaix I won, from A to zeta, from waking up to when I went to sleep. Most of all, I have in mind the moment when I stepped onto the podium and there was the trophy, the piece of cobblestones, waiting for me. Perhaps it was the instant when I realized what I had done. The fulfillment of a dream.”