Guest on Fuori dal Gruppo, a podcast curated by journalist Filippo Guarnieri, MBH Bank Ballan CSB Colpack rider Christian Bagatin and U23 Mendrisio rider (and coach) Aronne Antonetti, two-time Zwift Academy finalist, Granfondo world champion and Swatt Club rider Mattia Gaffuri naturally analyzed his team's sensational Italian championship, with reflections on different approaches, calendars and "race reactions" compared to professionals, but in the second half of the episode he explored some cracks in the Italian cycling system highlighted by Conca and his club's victory. Starting from the low value generally attributed by the "mainstream" world to the Swatt movement, Gaffuri first stigmatized the motor-tactical acumen dichotomy: «In Italy we reason in a somewhat closed way, like you either have an engine or you're good at racing. But these are things you can work on in parallel...»

Afterwards, the 5th place finisher in Gorizia (protagonist until the final meters, splendid last man for Filippo Conca) touched on the delicate issue related to doping and biological passport, raised by numerous commentators also here on Tuttobiciweb: «Conca is still under ADAMS because when you leave professional cycling you must still be subject to it for a period, but I recognize that it's crazy that in my life I've only done two anti-doping controls, after two granfondos I won, and that I haven't done any after podiuming in 2.2 races in Austria and Canada and 5th at the Italian championship. I find it stupid to use so much NADO budget to control amateurs, when among Under 23s you're not controlled even when you win: there are people playing their professional future and occasionally some cases emerge... When I see that, after the Italian championship, they control someone like Covi because he came 2nd but he'll be hyper-controlled even at home, and they don't control me who came 5th as an amateur, I think it's the defeat of anti-doping!»

Finally, the future. His personal one: «I can't tell you anything specific about my possibilities or not of turning professional, but I have had some contacts for potential stages». And that of the team: «It's already difficult today to put together a Continental team, let alone a Professional one in the short-medium term. Rather, it would be nice to increase the number of riders in the current Swatt Club, because I think there are many Elite riders who haven't made it but still want to challenge themselves in cycling while continuing to study or work.»