Marta Bastianelli

Many have chosen the female and in my opinion it was the best choice.

And today, let's say what I can say that is missing a bit here in Italy is just a few small professional satellite teams where we can allow the athletes who pass the juniors to lean on these teams to then make the pass because

Not all junior girls, even if they are strong, who maybe make great results in their category, are already ready to make the big step in the World Tour.

And many World Tour teams don't feel like letting the girls pass with them.

So having a support team between the junior category and the elite category, in my opinion, would be exceptional, just for this.

Yes, many teams have aligned, they have aligned, which is not a small thing, and so we have the same rights and duties, and I think that is also an exceptional thing.

I have

In my career I have always been lucky because at the age of 19 I won a world championship and at the age of 19 I joined the Fiamma Azzurra sports group, which was an exceptional support for us because it was and still is a great privilege.

So a support that has accompanied us for many years.

Are you still in Fiamma Azzurra?

I am in Fiamma Azzurra, yes, in the police department.

So, after the Polizia Prudenziaria, which has always been one of the first bodies where cycling was also born as a sport.

How does it work there?

How do you get in?

There you enter with a contest.

a competition based on the results you have obtained and nothing, it is a real competition like a normal agent and then you become part of the sports group and you are there until you practice the sports activity, therefore the sports part and then when you stop doing your activity you become part of the world of work.

I believe that a military body can always be a great privilege in life because you sign a life contract with them rather than with a team that can be a two-year, one-year, three-year contract.

And obviously if we look at the economic part, I tell you that yes, there is a big difference.

But cycling is a sport that has a beginning and an end and no one can tell us how long it can be.

There are beautiful years, less beautiful years, there are unfortunately injuries and there are...