Time for holidays, but also for reflection and planning. Time to evaluate and choose. Time to look ahead. At Polti VisitMalta, it's time to move, insert, and elevate. Stefano Zanatta, a 61-year-old experienced technical director from Treviso, is preparing to live a 2026 less in the team car but much more alongside team manager Ivan Basso.

The structure will grow and continue to grow; there's work to be done in management, not just in racing. So less time in the team car (although he'll be "forced" to do some races) and more time alongside the person who was once his "rider" in Liquigas and is now his boss. Alongside Ivan Basso, he will design future strategies and observe what needs to be changed and modified. While Ivan is deeply involved in commercial and sponsorship matters, Stefano will have the task of being a comprehensive liaison between the team and Ivan himself. He has the competence, history, and manner to fulfill this role, which should be officially announced by the team in the coming days.

Similarly, the promotion to technical director of another gentleman, Giovanni Ellena, the silent man, the man of action, the man who has made balance his trademark, will be called to continue in the footsteps of those who preceded him in recent years. Polti and those who drive it have a style, and Ellena is one of these.

Just like Francesco Gavazzi, a 41-year-old from Valtellina, who has been in the "Basso-Contador" orbit for years. After stopping as a rider with Kometa, he has spent two years studying and is now ready to return as a team technician for Basso. An additional professional touch, inserted into a well-assorted palette of colors, where white and red stand out the most - the colors of Polti VisitMalta.