The Swiss Schmid beats Covi in Montalcino
The Uae Piedmontese is second in Montalcino behind the Swiss Schmid
MONTALCINO. Another second place for the Italian cyclists in the first eleven stages of the Giro, but the podium of Alessandro Covi, 22 year old of UAE Emirates, Piedmontese from Borgomanero and in the second year among the pros, weighs heavily. A lot. He is a complete Covi rider (“I’ve been following him for some time,” says the Rai motorcyclist Davide Cassani in this Giro), a year ago, three days after the first Vuelta, he was stopped by Covid.
Again the Italian beaten by the Swiss in the two-man sprint at Montalcino
Yesterday he sneaked into an 11-man escape with two other Italians, Francesco Gavazzi (Eolo) and Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani). He could see a mile away that this route suited him. He was beautiful to see in the saddle, powerful and shrewd to take the decisive action with the Swiss Mauro Schmid (Qhubeka), a year younger.
Covi, in UAE jersey, pulls: with him the Italians Gavazzi and Battaglin have also tried their luck
“It went badly, I’ll try again in the next few days,” said the Piedmontese teammate of the contemporary phenomenon Tadej Pogacar, seven days younger than him. The new generation advances, the 20-year-olds are depopulated, luckily among them there is also Alessandro.
Who knows, maybe he’ll try again on Thursday in the Siena-Bagno di Romagna, the twelfth stage. Three climbs in the final, first, in Sesto Fiorentino, a tribute to the great coach Alfredo Martini 100 years after his birth.
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