The new Italian wave of climbers and other riders are somewhat perplexing to the tifosi. The Under-23 nazionale squadra at the Tour de l'Avenir includes one who is “too friendly”, one who “cries all the times” and “one who is “absent minded”.
Yet, with three contenders in the top ten ahead of final stage on Saturday, Italians have the best potential to overturn the race in the mountains and beat Spanish yellow jersey Marc Soler, a member of Movistar Team.
Simone Petilli is one of the rockets ready to be launched over the Alps' climbs to les Bottières, near la Toussuire. And, to tell the truth, he is “the too friendly” rider in the list.
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A placid face, often laughing, the 22-year-old talent is always available to talk to supporters, journalists and other riders before a race start. His colourful English and, according to his accent from Dervio, a small town in the area of Lecco, Lombardy, he has an interesting ability for cycling: he is as he says a “clember”.
Petilli “clembed” very well indeed at some professional events this year, such as the Giro del Tretino, taking 7th on final stage 39 seconds after Astana's Paulo Tiralongo. At the Settimana Internazionale Coppi & Bartali he took the best young rider classification in the past two years and also proved himself on some notorious U23 races such as the Ronde de l'Isard (winner) or the Giro della Valle d'Aosta (3rd overall).
“It has been a pretty good season so far,” says the strong man of Continental team Unieuro-Wilier.
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