Once again, it's up to you, dear readers: we entrust you with the task of choosing the best Italian technical director of the season. We are well aware that the role of sports director has evolved, changed, and perhaps even been completely transformed in recent years. Technical staff of teams are increasingly larger, both in number and in the quality of roles and specializations. Obviously, it's difficult to identify team and technician as was done in the past, which is why we relied on the help of experts and "great sages" with whom we selected ten names.

For the assignment of one of the most prestigious TuttoBICI Awards of the season, destined for the best Italian technical director, a prize strongly desired by the Iseni y Nervi Foundation and its president Fabrizio Iseni, we launch a poll proposing a list of ten names among traditional sports directors, preparers, and national team technicians. Our virtual ballot boxes will remain open until 12:00 PM on Wednesday, November 4th.

To cast your vote, go to the POLLS section on the right side of the monitor.

Here are the 10 selected, in strict alphabetical order:

Fabio Baldato, 57 years old, technician of UAE Team Emirates XRG which nearly reached 100 victories, again conquered first place in the UCI team ranking and practically won everything with Tadej Pogacar. Fabio has already won the Award in 2023.

Davide Bramati, 57 years old, sports director of Soudal Quick Step. In the triumphs achieved by Remco Evenepoel, Tim Merlier, Paul Magnier and teammates, there is often the "touch" of the Milan sports director. He has already won the Award in 2016 and 2019.

Bruno Cenghialta, 62 years old, sports director of Xds Astana, a team that won 33 victories this year and was one of the season's revelations.

Claudio Cozzi, 59 years old, is sports director of Tudor Pro Cycling, a Swiss team that is proceeding along a growth path and has achieved 15 victories this season.

Marco Marzano, 45 years old, sports director of UAE Team Emirates XRG, capable of conquering an important space in the technical staff of the world's number 1 team.

Gabriele Missaglia, 55 years old, sports director of Q36.5 Pro Cycling, a team that won 13 victories this season and aims for an even brighter future.

Valerio Piva, 67 years old, sports director of Jayco AlUla, a team that closed the season with 19 victories. Behind many of these is the expert "touch" of Piva, who won the first edition of our Award in 2009.

Matteo Tosatto, 51 years old, sports director of Tudor Pro Cycling. An excellent first season for the Swiss team, and an even more excellent second season - 2025 - considering the extremely high level of races faced.

Marco Villa, 56 years old, national professional road team coach. He debuted at the Kigali World Championships with Giulio Ciccone's sixth place and, after the European Championship where Scaroni finished fourth, flew to Santiago for the worlds of his beloved track. He has already won the Award in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2024.

Stefano Zanini, 56 years old, technician of Xds Astana, sports director who, among others, closely followed Christian Scaroni in this beautiful season.

HALL OF FAME

2009 Valerio Piva
2010 Stefano Zanatta
2011 Roberto Reverberi
2012 Luca Scinto
2013 Giuseppe Martinelli
2014 Giuseppe Martinelli
2015 Stefano Zanini
2016 Davide Bramati
2017 Paolo Slongo
2018 Giovanni Ellena
2019 Davide Bramati
2020 Marco Villa
2021 Marco Villa
2022 Marco Villa
2023 Fabio Baldato
2024 Marco Villa