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דברים שאמר בעקבות הנצחון של בטיני אתמול באיטליה. Also Italy's National Team Coach Franco Ballerini was satisfied with Bettini's performance, and not just Bettini's: "One of the main protagonists of the professional cycling scene over the last years has won today. But as for the Olympic Team being built around him, I already said that the Olympic Road Race is in a league of its own, it's too hectic and with too few riders in each roster for one team to be able to control it. Surely Bettini is a rider we should work for. But today I was pleased also with Moreni's performance. As well as Pozzato's: don't be deceived by the fact he got dropped; he's a young rider, and it takes some time for him to recover from the efforts he did in his excellent Tour". Ballerini even spoke of the possible candidates to wear a maglia azzurra at the Verona Worlds, and named some names, from Danilo Di Luca, who did well today, to the same Emanuele Sella, to Dario David Cioni, whose work, in Ballero's own words, might be very useful to the Squadra come the Third of October