GCN’s Italian Cycling Phrases Vol.2 | 12 Key Racing Terms

With the 2018 Giro d’Italia in full swing, we cover 12 more Italian cycling phrases. Matt teaches you terms from ‘pheasant attack’ to ‘wheel sucker’ and even explains their pronunciation.

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Learn Italian cycling phrases with Matt. In this volume he covers echelons, differing attacks and every cyclists nightmare, the wheel sucker! Not only have we learnt what the terms mean, we’ve even got the exact pronunciation so you can sound as Italian as possible! Get learning 🤯

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– [Italian Speaker] Scatto del fagiano. – This rather strange phrase translates literally to pheasant attack and was coined by Italian Eurosport commentator Riccardo Magrini. Nicknamed il Magro. It was used to describe a gradual creeping sort of attack usually detailed as more of a stealth move.

I must admit, I like scatto del fagiano a little bit more. So after the beep, say scatto del fagiano. – [Italian Speaker] Scatto del fagiano. Scatto Del Fagiano Fla, fla, fla, fla. – Nice one. – [Italian Speaker] Il gruppo. – Il gruppo means peloton. So when you hear gruppo compato, you’ll know that the bunch is all together or the breakaway has been reeled back in. So try this after me. Gruppo. – [Italian Speaker] Il gruppo. Il-grup-po. – Oomph. You’re getting better. – [Italian Speaker] Scattare in facia. – This cracking little phrase sounds more like an insult than anything else. As when translated, it quite literally means take off in your face. Now, what it’s meant to be conveying, however,

Is the moment you attack and drop another rider. Or just simply blow them off your wheel with a devastating turn of speed. I love this one. So try it after me. Scattare in facia. – [Italian Speaker] Scattare in facia. Scattare in facia. – Pft. Brilliant. – [Italian Speaker] Ventaglio. – Have a guess at this one. Ven, wind? What happens when the wind cuts through the peloton and it fragments into groups? Yep, you get echelons. And ventaglio is essentially the Italian for that french word.

So again, after me, ventaglio. – [Italian Speaker] Ventaglio. Ven-tag-lio. Io, io. – Very, very good. – [Italian Speaker] Il fugitivi o la fuga. – I kind of like the idea of the cycling fugitive so what better way to describe the breakaway group or the escapes than il fugitivi. Romantic Italian in full flow, if you ask me.

So try it after me. Il fugitivi. – [Italian Speaker] Il fugitivi o la fuga. Fug-gi-tivi. Fuga. – You are getting good. – [Italian Speaker] Punta di sella. – This phrase means quite simply, tip of the saddle. Used to describe a rider on the limit, pushed right forward on the saddle. Now, the English version would be on the rivet.

As in the rivet at the end of the saddle. So after me, punta di sella. – [Italian Speaker] Punta di sella. Punta-di-sella. – Nice one. – [Italian Speaker] Sali-scendi. – This cuplet is used to describe the undulating nature of hilly roads and quite literally means rising and falling. Now, strangely mangia a bevi is also used to describe the same thing.

Mangia and bevi, well that means eating and drinking. So say after me, sali-scendi. – [Italian Speaker] Sali-scendi. Sali scendi. – Nice one. – [Italian Speaker] Crisi. – Crisi in Italian means crisis and what more of a crisis can there be aside from crashing or needing an urgent toilet stop at the side of the road without toilet paper, than the dreaded bonk. Hear this word and weep.

Crisi. – [Italian Speaker] Crisi. Crisi. – Pf ff, very, very, good. – [Italian Speaker] Succhia ruota. – Succhia ruota simply means wheel sucker and needs no further explanation. So last one, repeat after me. Succhia ruota. – [Italian Speaker] Succhia ruota. Succhia cchia ruota. – Pf ff, ten outta ten. I think you’ll agree the Italian certainly have some creative ways of describing our sport. But do you have any you’d like to add? If you do, leave them down below in the comment section. Now, as you might’ve noticed,

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