{"id":308190,"date":"2025-11-25T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/308190\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:58:10","slug":"teams-look-only-at-the-uci-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/308190\/","title":{"rendered":"“Teams look only at the UCI points"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWith Intermarche choosing not to renew his deal ahead of their 2026 partnership with Lotto<\/a>, Colleoni has been forced into what he calls a \u201cdo-it-yourself\u201d winter, training without a race programme, without a camp, and without clarity on what comes next.\u201cI know I am not the rider seen in these last two years \u2013 I can give much more\u201d<\/p>\n

Colleoni\u2019s current predicament is rooted in a turning point few would have noticed at the time: a seemingly routine crash at the 2022 Coppa Agostoni. What looked minor on the day became the start of a long, frustrating spiral of back pain, adjustments and therapy that derailed his trajectory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat crash really put me on the ropes. I have not been able to get back to who I was. The sensations I had on the bike were no longer the same. I tried everything \u2013 changing my position on the bike, changing the saddle, physiotherapy \u2013 and this year, all things considered, my osteopath and I managed to find a balance. I cannot say I am like I was before, but by working in the gym I can live with it, and this year, at times, I found the sensations of my early years. Overall, though, the last two years have been negative. I have not enjoyed myself and now I am looking for a project that can relaunch me, that can help me return to who I was before. Because I know I am not the rider seen in these two years \u2013 I can give much more.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is a stark contrast to the rider who, as an under-23 talent, finished 3rd at the Giro Next Gen, 2nd at GP Capodarco and Trofeo San Vendemiano, and posted top-10s at the Czech Tour, Tour of Oman and Tour de Hongrie in his first professional seasons.<\/p>\n

But the current market is unforgiving. Colleoni doesn\u2019t hide that he may need to step down a level simply to keep his career alive. \u201cI am willing to listen to everyone and drop down a category, do a smaller calendar and chase some results to show that I am still here. Of course, there is a limit to everything \u2013 I have no intention of going back to race with the amateurs just to avoid standing still, or doing an exclusively Asian calendar, with all due respect. I need to relaunch myself and show I can perform at a certain level.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/p>\n

Colleoni in action<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot say I am calm \u2013 but I am not living it too badly either\u201d<\/p>\n

With teams now gathering for pre-season camps, Colleoni is preparing alone, trying to maintain a professional rhythm in the hope the right offer arrives before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot say I am calm, but I am not living it too badly either. I have started riding again as if I had a team and later on I will get support from a coach. Mentally it is more difficult, but you manage. I am giving myself until the end of the year, after which I think I will pull the brake a little\u2026 Plan B? I am thinking about it, but I would rather not. My priority is to continue being a rider.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Colleoni\u2019s future hinges on whether a team is willing to look beyond UCI points and see the still-untapped potential of a rider who, not long ago, was considered one of Italy\u2019s most promising climbers. The clock is ticking \u2014 but the determination remains intact.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With Intermarche choosing not to renew his deal ahead of their 2026 partnership with Lotto, Colleoni has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,165646,175191,12067,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-308190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-intermarche-wanty","12":"tag-kevin-colleoni","13":"tag-lotto","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}