Fully approved. Open to many, as a national championship should be, with a cascade of beautiful places that can't hurt, and a final circuit with 4 laps of San Floriano, just hard enough.

Bringing sunshine to Gorizia is the national professional cycling team coach, Marco Villa. For a couple of months, he has transitioned from the track, which he made golden, to the road where he'll try to do the same. And he brings a ray of sunshine to our cycling, overshadowed by the 5 tenors who are anything but Italian.

In Piazza Vittoria, along with Cristian Murro, technical director of the Tricolori organized by Libertas Ceresetto and Monterale with the supervision of Federciclismo Fvg, and the azzurra delegation, there are also Slovenian representatives. Mario Scirea, one of Cipollini's train, ventures: "We could have an Italian-Slovenian championship on June 27, but then you would win that too". Laughter.

Villa's task is to unravel the route: "4 laps of the San Floriano circuit are enough, this way everyone is satisfied. A sprinter like Milan, who will be in top form because he'll be going to the Tour, can hold on, attackers can try their luck. Good like this".

From San Vito al Tagliamento, after an initial circuit for some spectacle, heading East, the foothills, Cividalese, Collio, "a bit of Brda from the Vipulzano pass" the Slovenians proudly anticipate, and the final circuit: a total of 250 km with finish in Piazza Vittoria and not a guaranteed sprint, but hoped for because if the Friuli-Venezia Giulia idol Milan then went to the Tour wearing the national jersey, that would be nice. It won't be easy, his Lidl Trek will have at most 4 Italians, who knows, he might even race with Matteo, his brother borrowed for the occasion from the Under 23s. The coach is proud of his "boy". "Jonny's victories don't surprise me, he has talent, watts in abundance, you'll see he'll gradually expand his range to classics like Flanders. At Valencia, he was competitive even in a stage with three thousand meters of elevation. Of course, I'm waiting for him at Paris-Roubaix, for now to prove himself".

And Ganna, his other track protégé? "His move at Milan-Sanremo is his signature, now he races and with those 3-4 greats in the classics, he absolutely fits in".

With Pogacar, Van der Poel, Evenepoel, Roglic, Van Aert, it's hard to compete. But for the coach, who you can immediately tell is highly motivated in this new adventure by the way he talks about his boys, it's not just about Milan and Ganna. "Tiberi can become a sure bet for grand tours, at Bahrain they're preparing him to be competitive in three-week races. But then there are Scaroni, Piganzoli, Moschetti, De Pretto, the Friulian baby Stella, at Bora they speak very highly of the young Pellizzari and Finn, let's not forget the experienced Bettiol. It's true, cycling is globalized, the foreigners are strong, but we can be competitive too".

See you on June 27. Route in hand, it will be a national championship to remember.