The Lampre rider wins the 2008 striped jersey
Alessandro Ballan became the new world champion at Varese 2008. His Campagnolo Record 11s groupset enabled him to put on a powerful burst of speed 2 km from the finish that made him the first into the Mapei Cycling Stadium and made the spectators go wild. The Italian national coach, Franco Ballerini did himself credit. He was lionised by the crowd but above all by his team as he celebrated his third world championship win in a row. He says that it's the team that won because also at Varese they worked together perfectly, placing two men on the winners' podium: Ballan and Cunego, who both wear the Lampre colours. Our thoughts are naturally also with the captain, Paolo Bettini (Quickstep), who on the occasion of the Varese World Championships announced that he was leaving professional cycling. Everyone expected Bettini to win his third consecutive striped jersey at the World Championships, but it was not to be. The Grasshopper nevertheless leaves cycling waving his arms in the air to celebrate the victory that Alessandro Ballan so richly deserves.
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| Photo: Alessandro Ballan -World Championship- Varese 2008 |
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