"שנה הבאה אני יעשה בדיוק מה
שרבלין עשה השנה, אני יארגן לעצמי אזרחות כפולה...". חלק נוסף מהראיון עם ג'ילברטו סימוני מהאינטרבייק. סימוני מנצל את ההזדמנות לתקוף את הסלקטור האיטלקי (באלריני), על הישגי הנבחרת האיטלקית בורונה. מתוך cyclingnews: 2003 Giro d'Italia winner Gilberto Simoni was in Las Vegas for a quick trip to Interbike, where he signed autographs at sponsors Cannondale, Fi'zi:k and Full Speed Ahead. Cyclingnews managed to grab a few minutes with the tough man from Trentino to discuss his exclusion from the Italian national team at the World Championships in Verona. Simoni has no love for Italian team boss Franco Ballerini, and explained that, "I think the fact that Freire won shows how bad of a job [Ballerini] did to select the Italian team for Verona. On the other hand, Spain brought a lot of champions; their team manager [Paco Antequera] got them to work together and in the end, they took the rainbow jersey. To come into the World's with only one key rider [Bettini] is where Italy made its mistake; when he had problems, everything fell apart." Further analysing the Italian team strategy, Simoni said that, "The team said that they had both Bettini and Cunego as leaders, but gave little support to Damiano (Cunego); if they didn't really believe in him, they should have given him a different role. That is the shame of Ballerini...next year, I'm going to do what Rebellin did and get dual citizenship. In Verona, letting the sprinters get to the end of the race - that was a mess. It was a weird race where no one dared to attack. Rebellin would have been very useful; he could have made a solo attack and had a good chance to win the World Championships."
