Discover the world of Zanasca Luca Luca was born Zanasca August 23, 1983 at Venegono Below, a small village located less than ten kilometers from Varese, Lombardy town which evokes sweet memories iridescent. Only became a professional in early 2008 in the ranks of Italian-Serbian team Centres Footwear-Partizan, has made his first stage and the overall ranking of the belt de l'Empordà , short stage race in Spain which took place between 3 and 5 October last . We decided to learn more about this young rider and get his first impressions after a long year elapsed between the professionisti.Solitamente to know a cyclist is pedaling its part but you special treatment starting from the end. Tell us your first, most recent victory as a professional .
"So, it was already a bit 'of time I pedaled pretty well and I had always been present in the final race. I took many placings in Spain but the victory was just the icing on the cake. I paid off all the sacrifices made and finish the season like this is always a pleasure. I had just come from Mexico and also in training my ds had noticed my extraordinary form. Then I went a bit 'in declining to return to Spain but I was again quite ready, in fact the first stage victory and first in the standings. Let's say that we expected, or at least we had hoped, after the sacrifices of a season. "
How come your first victory?
"The stage was designed with a climb to the top, a pretty tough in the middle and one at the end. The course was tough but there was not much wind. I carried off a flight from the first seven flights, especially after pulling the Rabobank Continental Lars Boom. So after the second climb left the group eleven riders, including two of my teammates, who escorted me to the last 40 km. On the last climb is taken a English rider and a friend of mine. I have looked around a moment, then I caught the two in the head, my friend helped me as long as he could, then I unplugged all and I walked the last miles in a solo descent, with 40 / 2 advantage over all. "
It seems a great bell'impresa ...
"Wait, do not stop there. I was very comfortable in the end, I said to myself "now is done." Rather than 2 km to go there was a great round, I had to turn left. However, the Civil Guard escorting the race pulled straight ... Luckily I saw two on the left otherwise I would have been ripped off the English flagship for that carelessness! In the end I lost so much, I won for 14 seconds, but I feared the hoax for a while. "
covered by the fees. When did you start cycling?
"I started to nine years. Before I cross-country skiing and there was a guy who was cycling along the bottom, so I got curious to try. First it was a game for me, then I started to take taste and I raced in all classes up to the Juniors. There is not yet conceived of cycling as a life goal, say, and therefore compete for fun. Now no longer the case, now is a profession since six junior. "
What changed when you went in the Under 23?
"It changed who I understand that cycling could become really my profession. I've thought a lot on and I started to make the life of the runner, to and after the first Vellutex Podenzano, where I was maybe better because the team was a group, just like at school. But everything happened very gradually, and perhaps it was a mistake because in the end it took me a lot to go professional. You know, this is a time when it is not easy to find teams. But eventually I made it. "
What type of runner is Luke Zanasca? The good results obtained in the Giro and the Tour of the Cuneo valleys of Val d'Aosta make us think of a climber, but leave it to you to define yourself
"I do not deny that I am up well but it does in plain . So I think I'm as a climber. I was also an amateur finished 4th to the Italians but I had practiced a little in this sport, either because it excites me particularly, because they want among amateurs there is much evidence to chrono. Which is why, after subtracting Malori, Bruseghin, Nibali and a few others, the Italian cycling movement among the young does not give much time trials and then Italy has great cronomen, as they have elsewhere. "
February 9, 2008, Grand Prix Etruscan Coast. What do you say that?
"It was my debut among the professionals, forget it! I learned quickly that racing pros were quite different from those of under 23. The speed that is half way down low and then rises up to the flight, the samples that run on your side and a little initial excitement. But after I passed everything. "
Did you find it difficult to skip class?
"Not much because I always worked on trying to improve gradually, not immediately burn or do anything stupid. Both Donoratico that the Tour of the Province of Grosseto I struggled enough, I think it's normal. After a while, 'but it got better, I have never shot down and I have always believed in the work I did, in fact, soon came the first place. In all this process the staff helped me with my team and especially my ds Florian Torresi. If I had to go back I would do the same choices that I made to go professional. "
your family how she behaved in recent months for you and your career decisive?
"I have always supported and helped, especially in those moments of crisis, when you're down in the dumps. They have also come to cheer for me in the races will be held in Italy. They were really compelling.
But we come to Zanasca down from the saddle. What do you do when you train or do not take part in races?
"I like going out with friends. I do not like disco, in fact, we often meet to talk and go to some pub. "
you more Hooch in racing or in the pub?
"Let's say I do not speak very much but I love to listen to. You know, after a while 'you speak of your cycling adventures can be annoying for your friends. "
But when you're at home or prefer to relax?
"During the season I love surfing the Internet and chat with friends who usually can not see in person. But if I do not have competition or training in the evening I go out, come back soon. Not seldom return home after the two but I'm not very at home, after a little 'me I'm still dazed. "
're engaged?
"Um ... top secret."
Ok, we do not violate any secrets and we ask now what are your plans for the future, in the professional field.
"Well, I have not renewed their contract with the team but I think it is a matter of weeks and nothing more. I hope to reconfirm levels this year and maybe do something more. I know I can and I want to make the runner but I have to understand to what level I aspire. "
About ambitions, you think you're a runner to stage races or tests online?
"Do not I still very much. I like the one-day races and disputes without problems, but the recovery for the physical and mental strength which, like most stage races. They have a something special for me. "
Maybe because they've just won one. So if we end the shell game, there's a World, on the other there is a GT, a classic monument to the third, on what points you?
"Well, I choose a Grand Tour, maybe the Tour of Italy! I know it will be years before he can even hope to take part, but I will work hard, step by step, to be able to get in a few years. "
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Francesco Sulas
Francesco Sulas
