Marta Bastianelli

So, practically, already as a junior, I had, in short, I had understood that I had good opportunities.

I did second in a World Cup in Verona, as a junior.

And I did a second place in a European, in Sofia.

And, in short, from there we already began to understand that there was...

a good one a good stuff here not to say anything else but then professional step as it happens now from junior step directly professional in one of the strongest teams in the world which was the safi pastazzara where there were very strong lituans who then won that then we won there that year the first year for me as a professional we won the tour de france which then was the tour de france and

And I remember some little anecdotes that I was practically small because I had just passed a professional, I still had school, but they take me to do this experience with them.

We do the opening team chrono of the tour and they tell me, you will detach more or less after 15 kilometers.

Thank you.

You will have to detach.

I thank God because to stay behind these horses I don't know how I do it, but I try.

I don't give a change because they told me, stay there, don't give the change, you just have to stay there.

It is important that you are attached to them.

Ok, I'm all there, 50, 55, 56.

I was 18 years old, so let's talk about absurd things.

You still had to train.

Exactly, but more than anything, even from the point of view of management of a chrono, which in any case came from junior the year before.

Sto lì ferma, immobile, non faccio una mossa, una piega, cerco di stare insomma anche perfetta perché avevo paura che magari facessi qualche errore.

And after four kilometers, a companion breaks up.

Oh my God, well, in the meantime, there is still another one that has to be detached.

This tells me, you stay calm, go there, that between five and six kilometers you detach, you don't worry, stay there, stop and move.