Marco Saligari
Marco started racing at the age of twelve, competing in the youth categories, obtaining good results and several victories and participating in the World Championship in Colorado Springs in 1986.
He turned professional at age 22 in 1987, and after 12 years he ended his career in 1998.
He participated in 10 Giro D’Italia, 4 Tour de France and in all the most important international classics races.
He won 3 stages of the Giro D’Italia, Sondrio 1992, Caserta 1993 and Valle Varaita 1994. Marco won the Tour di Suisse 1993 .
After finishing his career as a cyclist he became Sports Director of the Belgian LANDBOUWKREDIET team where he managed Jaroslav Popovyc. At the same time he began his career as a television commentator.
He worked for Swiss television at Eurosport. In recent years he worked for the Italian network, RAI. While at RAI he commentated on the motorbike at several Giro D’Italia and many of the classic Italian races. He also commentated in studio at the most prestigious races in the world.
In the cycling world he is known by his nickname COMMISSARIO for his curiosity as a rider and commentator.
Marco has had a leadership position with Willie’s World Cycling since 2014. Over the years he has become a friend of many of our guests because of his pleasant personality and commitment to personal service. He is married to Marialuisa (Lella) and they have two children, Martina and Giacomo.
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Daniele Righi
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Daniele started bicycle racing at 8 years old and turned professional at age 24. He competed in the Junior category for various teams and secured several victories. His professional cycling career started with Alexia and after 3 years he participated in his first Giro d’Italia where his teammate Paolo Savoldelli won the tour. For the next 10 years, he rode with Lampre and was part of the team that participated in Michele Scarponi’s victory of the 2011 Giro d’Italia.
He has always played a support role for Lampre and participated in five Giro d’Italia, five Tour de France, four La Vuelta a Espana, Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold, Coppi e Bartali, and the Tour of Poland. In the 2004 Giro d’Italia, he won the Piaggio Trophy for the most miles cycled by any participant that year. Literally, he has cycled almost all over the world in most of the races of the World Tour. In 2013, he retired from Lampre as a rider and subsequently was a Director Sportive with with UAE Team Emirates.
Daniele is married to Francesca and they have two children, Chiara and Alessandro.
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