Always looking for confirmation and results that demonstrate his full potential, one of the protagonists of the next season will be Mauro Finetto. The 28 year old from Yellow Fluo, who seems to have found in Luca Scinto, a charismatic leadership (“a real motivator, who really lives for this sport “), his 2013 was a tale of two halves: weak and stale, even for health problems in the first part; crisp and purposeful, albeit without a win in the second.

" Let's say that at the end of the season I was able to give my best - he told Spaziociclismo - But I would say that I feel more positive throughout the second half of the season that saw the Italian championship (end of June) onwards, I have always been at the heart of the race. It was truly a shame not to be able to win. At the beginning of the season, however, I was plagued with several health problems, but with the arrival of the warm weather, I enjoyed for many months: the races are won or lost, but be up front is fundamental for me. "

Rewinding the tape of last season, in which he racked up twelve top ten placings, showing brilliant uphill sprinting in the Italian semiclassics  at the end of the year, the former Liquigas rider regrets for second place in the third and final stage of the Settimana Lombards, won Alexsey Tsatevitch : "That day I really wanted to win. I had left home for the Settimana Lombarda, led by that stage, unfortunately I did not have the second kick this time ... it would have been really nice to get back to winning, but Tsatevich and his team were been stronger."

Sorrow that is coupled with the cases of Di Luca and Santambrogio, which in addition to complicating the survival of the team of Angelo Citracca, have caused the failure for the team to be invited to Il Lombardia, where Finetto could do well. " In all probability, it would have been the best race for me." he said, not without forgetting his past experience in the race, starting from 2008, his first year in the pros ' when he finished in sixth place.

He is unsure of the exact details of his race program for 2014, but the athlete from Verona will this year have from the very beginning " team leader" status and thus "better focus on the goals," so this means " starting on the right foot by getting some nice result in Belgium (invitations to races permitting) and then continuing in the footsteps of this year, but return to raising my arms in victory!