Sonny Colbrelli to become "more and more involved" at Bahrain - Victorious as he prepares to take Sports Director's training course

Ever since his premature retirement in 2022, Bahrain - Victorious have continued to look after Sonny Colbrelli. This looks set to continue over the coming years with the Italian set to move into a sports director role.

"Sonny is going to do the UCI course later this month,” Bahrain - Victorious's team boss Milan Eržen has revealed in an interview with GCN. “So he will be more and more involved, especially in the Belgian Classics. So we’ll have about seven or eight sports directors. This year Sonny was an ambassador for the team but we already had him at races because he has huge experience when it comes to Belgium and races like Paris-Roubaix."

Paris-Roubaix winner back in 2021, Colbrelli took a number of other victories such as Brabantse Pijl in 2017 and the Benelux Tour in 2021 before being forced into an early retirement due to heart issues. "He’s a legend. The young guys could see him on TV and now they get to work with him at the race. That's a huge motivation for the young riders," Eržen concludes. 

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