Cassani: “Affini’s gold at the European Championships: but there are many champions behind it”

Eleven years have passed: I was in Florence to commentate on the cycling world championships. The first test was the junior time trial and the coach Rino De Candido, when introducing the two kids, said: “These will go far”. Kids… one taller than the other, both over 1.90, strong even then. That day they didn’t go very well: Edoardo Affini 18th, Filippo Ganna 32nd after falling, but then they went far. Yesterday Edoardo won the European championship and Mattia Cattaneo took bronze. I know, there were several absentees but beating Küng wasn’t easy and Edoardo succeeded.