Le maillot vert du dernier Tour de France, Jonathan Milan, a annoncé ce vendredi qu'il ne retournerait pas défendre sa tunique sur les routes françaises. Lors du media day de l'équipe Lidl-Trek, en Espagne, le sprinteur italien a expliqué qu'il se rendrait sur son tour national avec l'objectif d'y remporter un troisième maillot cyclamen, une décision qui lui convient parfaitement.
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00:00Comment est-ce difficile d'accepter que tu n'auras pas de tour de France quand tu avais un tour de France?
00:09Ce n'est pas difficile. Pour moi, c'est bon de changer un peu le programme.
00:16C'est sûr que c'est un bon tour de tour de France, mais pourquoi pas ?
00:24Je suis très heureux d'aller en Giro parce que nous aurons des opportunités pour nous sprinters.
00:33Et nous aurons des équipes qui nous permettent de m'aider pour aider à me faire des différents types de sprints,
00:43pour aller vers les climes et essayer de faire plus ou moins comme les dernières années.
00:49Donc je ne dirais pas que c'est difficile.
00:53Mais c'est le prix de payer quand tu arrives dans une grande équipe.
00:56Tout le monde doit être heureux à la fin de l'année.
00:59Oui, bien sûr. Je pense que c'est bon.
01:02Tout le monde doit être heureux.
01:04Je dois dire que je suis heureux avec la décision d'aller en Giro.
01:10J'ai eu un tour vraiment génial.
01:13Je ne dirais pas que c'est génial juste parce que les victoires, mais aussi comment j'ai joué.
01:21Pour moi, c'était vraiment spécial pour moi.
01:24C'est ce que j'ai passé à chaque stage et à chaque jour.
01:29Et nous avons eu un beau atmosphère dans notre équipe.
01:33Et j'ai eu vraiment j'ai eu un plaisir avec toutes les victoires.
01:36C'est ce que j'ai apporté.
01:38C'est ce que j'ai apporté.
01:39C'est ce que j'ai apporté.
01:41Et ensuite, j'ai apporté le B20.
01:43Can tu parler un peu de processus de la nouvelle programme ?
01:49Comment ça va ?
01:50Tu disais que j'aimerais faire la Giro ou la tour,
01:53et le team va aller avec ça ?
01:55Ou est-ce qu'il est le premier qui l'aise ?
01:58Oui, en fin de l'année, nous sommes arrivés à la même époque.
02:07Après les holidays, j'ai entendu parler de mon coach et nous avons eu un appel à la fin de l'année,
02:19à la fin de l'année, à la fin de l'année, à la fin de l'année, à la fin de l'année, à la fin de l'année, à la fin de l'année.
02:29Et ensuite, nous avons dû parler de l'île Grand Tour.
02:36Cette année, j'ai vu que Jiro a été en un bon stage,
02:41même si j'ai vu que Jiro a été très bien.
02:46J'ai vu que l'alchemy 3 a été très bien.
02:51Donc, pourquoi pas ?
02:54J'ai vu que Jiro l'opportunité de rejoindre l'année,
02:57parce que l'Université européenne et l'Université européenne
03:00ne sont pas pour les sprinters.
03:02Est-ce qu'il y a une chance que vous allez faire la Vuelta ?
03:06J'ai dû attendre quelques jours.
03:08Et puis, je vais laisser le Vuelta.
03:11Mais je pense qu'il y a peut être encore plus de temps pour cette année.
03:17Donc, je pense que quand on arrive,
03:23nous allons décider avec notre équipe.
03:25Nous allons avoir un appel.
03:27Et puis, nous allons voir ce que nous faisons.
03:29Je veux dire si ça fait un certain temps,
03:30ou non.
03:31Une, deux semaines pour un maximum.
03:34Je ne sais pas.
03:36Mais c'est toujours une possibilité ?
03:39C'est toujours une possibilité, oui.
03:41Et sur la campagne du Spring Classics ?
03:43Vous avez aussi fait beaucoup de Spring Classics dans les dernières années ?
03:46Tout le même ?
03:47Ou un peu différent ?
03:49Je vais vous dire plus ou moins,
03:53le combat arbitrage,
03:55je vais vous dire avec le Soudi,
03:57il y aura des possibilités pour le Spring,
04:00le UAE, le même,
04:03le terrain.
04:08Après le terrain, nous nous allons faire les gens en Roubaix.
04:09Bien sûr, dans cette programme,
04:13il y aura des questions plus ou moins,
04:17mais plus ou moins.
04:19Bien sûr, au début de l'année,
04:24j'aimerais bien concentrer,
04:26et je vais beaucoup focusserre sur le Spring,
04:29C'est la possibilité d'avoir la première saudiée et l'arrivée à Tirena.
04:35Il y a des possibilités.
04:37Et bien sûr, j'ai aimé de développer un peu plus pour les Classics.
04:41Et nous avons décidé d'y aller à Tirena,
04:47mais d'y aller à Tirena,
04:49où nous devons être concentré.
04:53Et ce année, après Tirena, j'étais un peu plus...
04:59J'étais déjà 50-50.
05:03J'étais un peu plus tôt.
05:05J'étais très bien.
05:07J'étais très bien.
05:09Mais tous les connaissons comment ça s'est passé.
05:13C'était très difficile.
05:19On a essayé de faire des petits pas chaque année.
05:25Il y a aussi pour San Remo.
05:28Dans le passé, c'était une race pour sprinters.
05:32Il n'y a pas encore.
05:34Est-ce que vous voyez,
05:36avec toutes les chrétiques des top riders,
05:40est-ce que vous avez des chances dans le futur ?
05:44Peut-être dans le futur.
05:46Non, mais pour sûr,
05:49il y a beaucoup de changement.
05:52Je vais essayer de faire de mon meilleur,
05:55pour être en plus de façon que je peux.
05:56C'est une race pour moi.
05:58Mais oui,
05:59l'approche de Cipressa et de Porto est complètement changeante.
06:01C'est une race pour moi.
06:03C'est une race pour moi.
06:04Mais oui,
06:06l'approche de Cipressa et de Porto est complètement changeante.
06:09Mais oui, l'approche de Cipressa et de Porto est complètement changeante.
06:15Je pense que depuis les dernières années.
06:17Donc, on va voir.
06:21On va voir.
06:22C'est sûr qu'on va voir.
06:24C'est difficile.
06:25C'est difficile.
06:26Encore une fois,
06:28c'est difficile de faire de ce qu'on a vu.
06:31C'est difficile de faire ce qu'on a pas.
06:32C'est difficile de faire ce qu'on a pas.
06:34donc on va essayer de être là pour souffrir
06:42Joutan, la team a eu de l'équipe de l'équipe pour le Clasic,
06:49on a quelques-uns qui sont là.
06:51Je parlais à Max Walshald a quelques semaines et il a dit qu'il était vraiment
06:54à mettre à dire qu'il était part de ce sprint train.
06:57Do you know already how this one-train will look and what kind of changes would you be able to do?
07:04For me, the most important thing is that we are getting smooth in changing positions.
07:12It's what we did in these years and what was our power.
07:18I'm really happy actually to have him with me.
07:22He's a really strong rider. We did some trainings these days and we will keep training during the December and January training camp together and trying the different setups that we can with the sprint training.
07:40We will train them all and like this we will decide which is the best.
07:46This is something that will grow throughout Al-Ula and UAE and you might know what is the setting.
07:51Yeah exactly. This is also where we are starting early to go of course in Saudi and to say okay maybe you go first and this and that.
08:02But for me it's important to go already in Saudi and we already know more or less how it will be.
08:09I mean that means this is something that we can easily change.
08:15Before the tour Jonathan you told me like with Simone in front of you that keeps you low so that's a great benefit.
08:22But with Max for example that's not the case.
08:25But does it also could like with the benefits of another lead out before you could that also benefit a new collaboration with Max for example.
08:39Could you go faster because of the experiences with Simone or also with Edward?
08:44I mean for me you know we will try out this in these training camps here and for sure all these guys here they have a nice kick power and they are able and they know how to relieve them in a perfect speed and a good spot also.
09:06And they all three have the experience to do it. So I think that all them three they will be able to do the last man the third the second last.
09:16And for me it's not more important the last man than the third last. It is important the whole team all three.
09:25because you know this one is not working and we also so we have to support each other we have to do work with the important is to work really well together.
09:35And to have the feeling to you know there will be some moments in the races where one is opposite side and maybe the other three have to be opposite.
09:44And we have to understand how to get together and it can happen because maybe like a runabout or a corner or whatever.
09:53So this for me is the most important thing.
09:57In the old days there was always one dominant sprinter like Ciccolini in his time with Taki, Cavendish of course.
10:05Now it's not so simple anymore. There are three sprinters who are above the rest. You are one of them Tim Erlier and Jasper Philipsen.
10:12Do you feel like this is indeed these three sprinters are very near to each other?
10:19Like the level is the same? Capacities?
10:24Yeah of course I think so. In the end you see I had many sprints with him this year and we are always there.
10:33I like to compete against him. He is a nice guy, a nice rider. I like it. I think we are all today more or less there.
10:47It's just about maybe positioning sometimes, maybe someone starts early, someone later.
10:52He likes to start early. But you as well.
10:54Yeah, he likes to come from the line sometimes. So for example to European championships.
11:00Yeah. From far back.
11:03Johnny, this year the Giro started in Bulgaria. You were in Bulgaria before in 2020 when you won the first medal in the European Championship at the track.
11:13Oh yes, that's true. Do you remember that?
11:17Now I remember that.
11:19Can you say that maybe you target your first Mario Rosa in Bulgaria like you did?
11:25That's 100%. This is 100%. You know it's a really nice possibility. It's a big opportunity. So for sure we will try to arrive there and to just take it.
11:38But then we never know how it can go. So...
11:42Was that the main reason to choose for the Giro?
11:45Also one.
11:46Yeah.
11:47But you did have Maglia Rosa before.
11:49No, no.
11:50Excuse me.
11:51The purple one?
11:52Yeah, I know, I know.
11:54Do you see the role in details for the Giro? How many stages do you think it's going to be?
12:00Five.
12:01Five.
12:02Four.
12:03Clearly five.
12:04Yeah.
12:05In the past?
12:07I'm not sure if you complain about that or the team that not many teams work with...
12:14When you are the best player, not many teams want to contribute to you to catch a break and...
12:19This is, I think, normal. These are... Sometimes they help, sometimes not.
12:25This is...
12:26Playing games?
12:27Yeah, something like that. I mean, for us it's not a big deal. We have strong helpers.
12:33I mean, that is nice. They also help. You know, it's like operating a bit until you're not getting to the last kilometers.
12:40But...
12:41Yeah, sometimes they're...
12:43They're just tactics and someone is waiting. Maybe they want to do an echelon somewhere in the front or...
12:50Yeah, or they have to save the energies to help the captain in the next days through the climbs.
12:57Different kind of things, yeah.
12:59In the 90s there were a lot of Italian superstars in cycling, also a very... a lot of sprinters.
13:05Um...
13:06Now you are...
13:07Only the only one.
13:09Uh...
13:10Do you stay in touch with somebody like Cipollini or does he... does he sometimes...
13:14I... I hear him sometimes, I have to say.
13:17Uh...
13:18But...
13:19I think...
13:20I think I changed...
13:21I changed a couple of times the number, the number...
13:23Because of him?
13:24No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, absolutely no, absolutely no, no, no.
13:28Okay.
13:29But...
13:30No, he was...
13:31He was writing me often when I was having a...
13:34Oh, yeah?
13:35Yes.
13:36Yes, yes.
13:37With advice or just compliments or...
13:38Compliments and...
13:39Yeah, compliments also.
13:41Sometimes he was sending a message, yeah.
13:43But it was nice.
13:44It's nice to have something like this.
13:45Was he an idol when you were a kid?
13:47Uh...
13:48Yeah, I mean...
13:49Uh...
13:50When I started to really watch cycling...
13:53When I was already...
13:55Six...
13:56So I started when I was four, but you know, when I was really watching the television,
14:01It was then I was just...
14:02Yeah, I was getting bored a bit, I have to say.
14:05In the beginning when you're four years old, you don't really understand how it's working,
14:09the things.
14:10I mean, I was blending, yeah.
14:13Uh...
14:14But you know, to see cyclists that are riding for 200 kilometers,
14:18Yeah.
14:19But I was there and sitting next to my father on the sofa for four hours.
14:23It was like, yeah, one was going, they were chasing and my father was trying to explain
14:27me and I was...
14:28Yeah, I'm not getting that many...
14:30Very much excited.
14:31But then, uh...
14:32You know, one of the biggest examples for me was, uh...
14:41I had a few, and there were always sprinters.
14:44Uh...
14:45For me, because I don't know, I was liking this section.
14:48I was liking...
14:49You know, the adrenaline that they were giving on these moments,
14:54was always, uh...
14:56Cavendish, uh...
14:57Kittel, uh...
14:58uh...
14:59Greip to Sagan...
15:00And...
15:01So, you know, this person's role is, uh...
15:05Spiral.
15:06Johnny, how do you cope with the pressure of the sprints becoming faster and faster and
15:11more dangerous?
15:12Sorry, can you...
15:13Can you close the door?
15:14Sure.
15:15Thank you.
15:16Yeah.
15:17That was a bit Italian there.
15:20Just your example.
15:23Uh...
15:24Sorry, uh...
15:25How do you cope with the pressure of the sprints becoming faster and faster and more dangerous?
15:29And with more riders willing to take huge risks as well to be on the front?
15:35I mean, uh...
15:38We are...
15:39We always have to try to be as much careful as we can, you know.
15:42The races, as you said, are getting faster and faster.
15:45Uh...
15:46Also, that's, for sure, also a bit more dangerous.
15:50So...
15:51Uh...
15:52I'm seeing that the organizers, they are slowly, slowly taking more...
15:56Uh...
15:57Uh...
15:58Uh...
15:59Uh...
16:00Uh...
16:01Uh...
16:02Uh...
16:03Uh...
16:04Uh...
16:05So...
16:06Yeah.
16:07And then, uh...
16:08The riders, they want to get their spot.
16:09They want to...
16:10To deliver.
16:11So, more riders, they want to...
16:13To sprint.
16:14It's normal.
16:15Everyone has to have, uh...
16:16Their own, uh...
16:17Possibility or opportunity.
16:18I think, no?
16:19Um...
16:20Uh...
16:21So...
16:22Yeah.
16:23I mean, uh...
16:24We always hope that no one is getting hurt from...
16:26Uh...
16:27From these moments, these situations.
16:28But, uh...
16:29Yeah.
16:30Sometimes...
16:31Sometimes happens.
16:32Also...
16:33Um...
16:34It's a compromise, though.
16:35Because as a...
16:36I would like...
16:37It's not...
16:38Uh...
16:39It would not be a compromise to crash for...
16:40For sprinting, you know.
16:42Uh...
16:43For sure.
16:44If we have a huge road.
16:45Uh...
16:46Three lanes.
16:47Without nothing.
16:48For 10k.
16:49Maybe even there, we will...
16:50You know.
16:51With the movements of the peloton.
16:53Yeah.
16:54Will be dangerous even there.
16:55So, you know.
16:56It's always...
16:57Uh...
16:58Each sprint is always different.
17:00Each sprint has, uh...
17:02More or less speed.
17:04And, uh...
17:05With all the evolution also of the materials.
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