Modolo, back to the future «Bardiani? Nice chance “

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Back to origins for Sacha Modolo: for 2022 he signed with Bardiani-Csf. With the adventure with Alpecin-Fenix ​​filed away, the 34-year-old sprinter from San Vendemiano ran the serious risk of remaining on foot. After troubled years, between food problems and a knee problem, he had come out of the tunnel in September, relishing the victory – he had been missing since February 2018 – at the Tour of Luxembourg. Bardiani, already his team from 2010 to 2013, however, gave him the opportunity to strengthen the curriculum with 47 successes. And, consequently, to be able to aim for the stage of the next Giro with epilogue – on May 26 – in Treviso. “The perfect opportunity to return to winning an important race”, promises Modolo, who already boasts the pink successes of Jesolo and Lugano 2015. Then the sprinter comments on the agreement with Bardiani for the 13th season as a pro ‘: a team of which I have many good memories, given that half of the victories came in this team », he underlines,« When Bruno Reverberi called me, it didn’t take me long to accept. I certainly did not come here to look to the past, but to the near future. With the aim of starting the year, just like I finished the last one: being physically well, playing it in the races that compete with me, winning ». But it is inevitable to look back as well, because Modolo will also have the role of a “hen”: «I raced with sprinters of several generations, from Petacchi to Cavendish. And at Alpecin I had Van der Poel as a companion. I believe I can pass on a lot to the new generations. And this is a team that gives young people real opportunities. It is no coincidence that one of the best memories of the years in Bardiani is fourth place in Sanremo from neopro ‘». –