Paolo Fassa ­the patron of the Fassa Bortolo company which sponsors the professional cycling team and Remo Mosole ­the president of the Unione Ciclistica Trevigiani were recently visitors at Cicli Pinarello in Treviso as the cycling transfer market was about close.

And it was a Pinarello bike which marked the transfer of under 23 world champion Francesco Chicchi from the Unione Ciclistica Trevigiani to Fassa Bortolo. In fact both teams race with Pinarello bikes.