Visconti, the new life is riding the gravel

Giovanni Visconti’s new life is riding gravel. The 39-year-old Sicilian had retired in March, during the Tirreno-Adriatico. A high-level career between 3 Italian titles, 2 stages in the Giro d’Italia and 8 days in the pink jersey, just to mention the main laurels.

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Now the Sicilian (from Palermo) who has long since transplanted to Tuscany – lives in the province of Pistoia, on the San Baronto – has a new project linked to gravel. Always riding a MCipollini, with DMT shoes and Alè clothing. To Gazzetta.it he explains the reasons for this choice: “The first reason is the friendship with the Zecchetto group, and then I was able to participate in a very nice event, the Sicily Divide. A permanent cycling tour that takes place in Sicily, from Trapani to Catania. I participated with Paolo Alberati, who recommended it to me, and this is how this love was born. I rediscovered the love for the bike, the simplicity with which the bike can lead you to discover beautiful landscapes, crazy things that you didn’t even know existed, local customs … A series of really beautiful emotions, spending hours chatting with a friend or even just listening to it. It never happened to me and it was what I needed after a life spent at very high speed, racing bikes “.