{"id":228868,"date":"2025-07-01T08:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228868\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:51:11","slug":"i-also-run-a-bb-in-lecco-conca-reveals-new-jobs-behind-italian-national-championships-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228868\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI also run a B&#038;B in Lecco\u201d \u2013 Conca reveals new jobs behind Italian National Championships win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMost of the guys like me are working now, but I also run a<br \/>\nB&amp;B in Lecco, I got my boating license to do boat tours, and I would like<br \/>\nto open a bike rental shop.\u201d Somehow, between side hustles and studies, he<br \/>\nrecently completed an Economics degree, Conca kept riding and dreaming.<\/p>\n<p>His performance at the weekend was a masterclass in seizing<br \/>\nan opportunity. While the major teams marked each other and failed to commit<br \/>\nfully, Conca stayed clear. The result stunned not just fans, but the<br \/>\nprofessional peloton itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeams have to work for their leaders, there\u2019s nothing wrong<br \/>\nwith that,\u201d Conca said. \u201cBut when you spend your time fighting fires in a race<br \/>\nand having to fill in the gaps, you risk, being left high and dry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The result also left an impression on <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/filippo-ganna\" title=\"Filippo Ganna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Filippo Ganna<\/a>, Italy\u2019s<br \/>\nbiggest name and the favourite going into the race. Ganna, who admitted to<br \/>\nsuffering from illness, didn\u2019t hide his disappointment. \u201cIt\u2019s a destabilising<br \/>\nresult for the Italian professional squads,\u201d he said. \u201cCycling is going to lose<br \/>\na lot, because only the winner counts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cMost of the guys like me are working now, but I also run a B&amp;B in Lecco, I&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-228868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114777127874623310","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}