Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettiniis an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the former coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006 and 2007 World Road Race Championships. He is nicknamed Il Grillofor his repeated sudden attacks and his sprinting style...
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth1 April 1974
With Boonen, there has never been any rivalry.
knew today tomorrow win
I wanted to win today and everyone knew it. Tomorrow I want another win.
advantage race stages suit three
A hat-trick? Why not? All of the first three stages of the race suit me and so I have to try and take advantage of that.
dearly energy found paid preferred ultimately wasted
I found myself alone, so I preferred to attack. Ultimately I wasted a lot of energy and paid dearly for it in the end.