Making room for the young, space for new talent emerging. This is the verdict of the extensive survey we proposed to our readers, who were asked to choose the best Italian technical director of the season.

As is tradition, we asked you to cast your vote from a shortlist of 12 names that were selected by a panel of experts and specialized journalists. For ten days you were able to express your preferences with a level of participation that exceeded even our most optimistic expectations.

At the end of a very closely contested competition, Manuele Boaro claimed the tuttoBICI Grand Prize Award Fondazione Iseni y Nervi, a former professional who has proven capable of guiding Team Ukyo to achieve great success. So much so that he has earned not only our award and our applause, but also a call from Lidl Trek for an important step up in category.

In second place is the Italian national coach for men's track and junior riders (road and track) Dino Salvoldi: a true collector of trophies and medals, a genuine pillar of Italian national team technical staff.

Completing the podium is another young Veneto-based technical director, Marco Marcato, who after a very long career as a rider has joined the technical staff of UAE Emirates XRG, earning increasingly important roles.

FINAL RESULTS

13.3% Manuele BOARO
12.3% Dino SALVOLDI
 9.8% Marco MARCATO    
 8.8% Davide BRAMATI
 7.9% Gabriele MISSAGLIA
 7.4% Gianluca VALOTI
 7.2% Fabio BALDATO
 7%    Roberto DAMIANI
 7%    Mario MANZONI
 6.5% Claudio COZZI 
 6.5% Stefano ZANINI
 6.3% Franco PELLIZOTTI

ROLL OF HONOUR
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
2025 Marco Villa
2026 Manuele BOARO