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https://www.sport-e-cultura.com/2020/05/20/laria-che-tira-nelluci-lultimo-stadio-del-calcio-e-il-racconto-da-esport/ di SIMONE BASSO Sport e Cultura - 20 maggio 2020 Quello che resta dello sport, per adesso, è il chiacchiericcio: attendendo un futuro prossimo che, al pari di altri settori, promette incertezza. Nel piccolo mondo (antico) del ciclismo, il calendario ridisegnato dall’UCI in funzione Tour de France non era quotabile.  In tempi non sospetti, cioè il dì della sua elezione nel settembre 2017, annunciammo le intenzioni politiche di David Lappartient. Uno dei messaggi, il più superficiale (e mediatizzato), fu la gestione confusa e infelice del caso-Ventolin di Chris Froome. Il cuore dell’azione era però altrove: se nell’evo precedente Hein Verbruggen e i suoi eredi, dopo la condivisione del tornaconto con ASO, furono messi in crisi proprio dall’opposizione (ferma, dal crepuscolo dell’èra-Lance Armstrong in poi…) dell’Amaury, stavolta la Fede...

by Barry Ryan The Ascent: Sean Kellty, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling's Golden Generation Gill Books Carrera signed Eddy Schepers ahead of 1986 season expressly to serve as Roche’s wingman in the mountains, but unlike Valcke, his new leader’s long absences from racing were no grounds for an existential crisis. At 31 years of age and after almost a decade in the peloton, the Belgian had seen everything and was fazed by nothing. As an amateur, he was gifted enough to win the Tour de l’Avenir and the Giro delle Regioni. As a professional, he was canny enough to understand he was never going to be a champion, and he carved out a niche instead as a deluxe domestique, flitting between teams in Belgium and Italy according to demand for his services. Schepers was a hired hand, and he simply got on with the job in 1986, helping Visentini to win the Giro and Urs Zimmermann to 3rd place at the Tour. ‘It was a good season, even allowing for Stephen’s injury,’ Schepers says...