Ilan Van Wilder (3rd in Tour de l'Avenir 2019, 4th in Course de la Paix 2019) will be riding his first pro season just to learn. The only races where he wants to get a good result, are three U23 races: Tour de l'Avenir, Ronde de l'Isard and WCC U23.
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Two pieces on Andrea Bagioli:
Il 20enne bergamasco è tra i nuovi acquisti del team di Lefevere
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DECEUNINCK. ANDREA BAGIOLI, THE NEW WOLFPACK CUB*
He risked starting the year and his professional career in the worst way. On January 2, Andrea Bagioli was returning home from training when a motorist touched him with his car when passing him. In turning to the right he did not see it and the impact was inevitable. It is now a classic, unfortunately. It is only a matter of luck if the 20 year old from Valtellina has not reported any consequences. The fate has nothing to do if we meet him in Calpe, in the withdrawal of the number 1 team in the world, with which he is close to making his professional debut. The results obtained in the minor categories and the talent shown allowed him to make the big jump with the Deceuninck Quick Step.
«It was a dream, which I still struggle to believe I have realized. Little by little I'm understanding which planet I landed on and I'm learning to move among all these people »he tells us at the end of the presentation of the team led by Patrick Lefevere, which was attended by over 70 journalists from all over Europe. «Everything seems to me and is obviously bigger than the realities in which I grew up. I am grateful to every company that has taught me something, without putting unnecessary pressure on me. In this group I am settling in well, my companions are nice and even the most famous are boys in hand. You see them on television and you think they are extraterrestrials, instead they are men like everyone else. Even Remco Evenepoel, who is a real phenomenon, is in the end a very peaceful guy ».
Graduated mechanical expert, determined and stubborn, he loves sports and in general being outdoors. In his spare time he loves walking in the mountains and practicing ski mountaineering. The passion for cycling inherited it from dad Roberto. First race held by G1, in mtb. He approached the road only as a beginner. Grew up admiring the deeds of Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali, he admires the runners who attack from afar and amuse people. Multi-purpose athlete, in the minor categories he has proven to be a climber but not pure, in fact he does well both in the plains and in the narrow sprints.
Andrea shares the room with Davide Ballerini, who advised him not to train too much and to follow the indications of the team, who will protect him better and in this first year he will not deploy him at the start of any great lap or classic to allow him to grow gradually and don't pay for the category jump. One day he dreams of being a protagonist in the Giro d’Italia and Il Lombardia, but he has all the time from his to get there.
Meanwhile, the wolfpack of the Wolfpack, who in 2018 won the allBICI Under 23 Oscar at the debut in the category, pawed to attach the first backbone to the back. «I really want to start running. I will start at the Tour de la Provence in mid-February. I trained well this winter and I still have a month to be ready for the appointment. Two classics will follow in France, Ardèche and Drôme, then the Volta a Catalunya, which will be my first World Tour race. For this first season among the greats the goal is to learn as much as possible and to improve myself and then get to try the emotion to raise your arms to heaven in the highest category ».
If she has reached it, it is thanks to the support of her family, with whom she lives in Lanzada in Valmalenco, in the province of Sondrio, who also boasts another active runner, her brother Nicola, a professional at Androni Sidermec. Nicola has always said that the most talented of the two is Andrea, now it's up to him to prove it on the pedals.
(* assumed meaning by me, Google didn't know the what it meant)
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Route - Andrea Bagioli: "The goal is to learn and improve myself"
Andréa Bagioli (Deceuninck-Quick Step) is not yet known to the general public, but the Italian could be a revelation of the season. After a good season in the hopes category last year, with a dominance in the Ronde de l'Isard, the 20-year-old runner hopes to learn for his first year from the professionals. "For this first season among the greatest, the goal is to learn as much as possible and improve myself. Then trying to raise your arms with the professionals, it would be a good thing", explains Andréa Bagioli in comments reported by TuttoBiciWeb.
The young Italian will discover the professional world with the great team of the Deceuninck-Quick Step of Julian Alaphilippe, Remco Evenepoel or even Bob Jungels. "It was a dream that I still find it hard to believe. Little by little, I understand what planet I landed on and I learn to run among all these people. In this group I settle in well, my companions are nice and even the most famous are the warmest. You see them on television and you think they are extraterrestrials, but rather men like everyone else. Even Remco Evenepoel, which is a real phenomenon, is finally a very peaceful guy, "he concludes.
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