Thursday, June 17, 2010

Paolo Bettini: New C.T. for Italy


Paolo Bettini has been selected as the new C.T.(Commissario Tecnico dei Professionisti) for the Italian national squad. Bettini is a two time World Champion in road racing and winner of the gold medal in the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He also won the Italian national championship two times. His installment will take place on June 23rd in Rome.

Bettini replaces his friend Franco Ballerini who was killed in a rally car accident in February of this year.

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  1. The Cricket's got some big shoes to fill following in the footsteps of Ballo and Martini...we hope Alfredo will give him some of the counsel he gave to Franco and help him get things started off in the right way.

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