Maratona EDP : porque não reeditar o Troféu Barrachi

A recente prova realizada este sábado, a Maratona Pro Cycling EDP foi um êxito, em termos desportivos, num percurso de sonho para este tipo de provas. A fórmula, um C/R por equipas foi emocionante, foi pena o número reduzido de formações em compita, sinal evidente das dificuldades que o ciclismo luso atravessa.

No próximo ano, a prova encontra-se já inscrita no calendário da UCI, e procurará atrair algumas das melhores figuras internacionais, com destaque para os especialista da corrida contra o cronómetro. A ideia não será má, apesar de menos espectacular, menos atractiva e pouco útil, em termos de desenvolvimento do ciclismo nacional, numa altura em que a falta de provas por etapas é uma evidencia.

Mas pensando no futuro, com lembrança do passado, porque não a ideia de relançar aquela que foi uma das provas mais prestigiadas de final de temporada de anos idos. Estamo-nos s referir ao Troféu Barrachi, prova italiana disputada em C/R com equipas de dois ciclistas. Era uma prova emocionante, que reunia alguns dos melhores ciclistas do mundo que, momentaneamente faziam equipa por um dia.

Os duetos eram formados por ciclistas da mesma equipa ou de equipas diferentes. O Troféu Barrachi existiu durante cinquenta anos e aguentou –se enquanto pôde, destacando-se no longo rol de vencedores o nome de Joaquim Agostinho que, em 1969 venceu na companhia de Herman Van Springel um dos melhores ciclistas, vencedor de muitas e muitas clássicas.

Se queremos ter algo diferente, de grande interesse internacional, porque não reeditar a fórmula do Troféu Barrachi, na próxima Maratona Bike Pro EDP ?

Vencedores do Troféu Barrachi:

1944 Italy Michele Motta (ITA)
1945 Italy Michele Motta (ITA)
1946 Italy Antonio Ausenda (ITA)
1947 Italy Sergio Maggini (ITA)
1948 Italy Giorgio Cargioli (ITA)
1949 Italy Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (victory shared with Adolfo Grosso)
1949 Italy Adolfo Grosso (ITA) (victory shared with Fiorenzo Magni)
1950 Italy Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (victory shared with Antonio Bevilacqua)
1950 Italy Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) (victory shared with Fiorenzo Magni)
1951 Italy Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (victory shared with Giuseppe Minardi)
1951 Italy Giuseppe Minardi (ITA) (victory shared with Fiorenzo Magni)
1952 Italy Giancarlo Astrua (ITA) (victory shared with Nino Defilippis)
1952 Italy Nino Defilippis (ITA) (victory shared with Giancarlo Astrua)
1953 Italy Fausto Coppi (ITA) (victory shared with Riccardo Filippi)
1953 Italy Riccardo Filippi (ITA) (victory shared with Fausto Coppi)
1954 Italy Fausto Coppi (ITA) (victory shared with Riccardo Filippi)
1954 Italy Riccardo Filippi (ITA) (victory shared with Fausto Coppi)
1955 Italy Fausto Coppi (ITA) (victory shared with Riccardo Filippi)
1955 Italy Riccardo Filippi (ITA) (victory shared with Fausto Coppi)
1956 Switzerland Rolf Graf (SUI) (victory shared with André Darrigade)
1956 France André Darrigade (FRA) (victory shared with Rolf Graf)
1957 Italy Fausto Coppi (ITA) (victory shared with Ercole Baldini)
1957 Italy Ercole Baldini (ITA) (victory shared with Fausto Coppi)
1958 Italy Ercole Baldini (ITA) (victory shared with Aldo Moser)
1958 Italy Aldo Moser (ITA) (victory shared with Ercole Baldini)
1959 Italy Ercole Baldini (ITA) (victory shared with Aldo Moser)
1959 Italy Aldo Moser (ITA) (victory shared with Ercole Baldini)
1960 Italy Diego Ronchini (ITA) (victory shared with Romeo Venturelli)
1960 Italy Romeo Venturelli (ITA) (victory shared with Diego Ronchini)
1961 Italy Ercole Baldini (ITA) (victory shared with Joseph Velly)
1961 France Joseph Velly (FRA) (victory shared with Ercole Baldini)
1962 Germany Rudi Altig (GER) (victory shared with Jacques Anquetil)
1962 France Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (victory shared with Rudi Altig)
1963 France Joseph Velly (FRA) (victory shared with Joseph Novales)
1963 France Joseph Novales (FRA) (victory shared with Joseph Velly)
1964 Italy Gianni Motta (ITA) (victory shared with Giacomo Fornoni)
1964 Italy Giacomo Fornoni (ITA) (victory shared with Gianni Motta)
1965 France Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (victory shared with Jean Stablinski)
1965 France Jean Stablinski (FRA) (victory shared with Jacques Anquetil)
1966 Belgium Eddy Merckx (BEL) (victory shared with Ferdinand Bracke)
1966 Belgium Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) (victory shared with Eddy Merckx)
1967 Belgium Eddy Merckx (BEL) (victory shared with Ferdinand Bracke)
1967 Belgium Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) (victory shared with Eddy Merckx)
1968 France Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (victory shared with Felice Gimondi)
1968 Italy Felice Gimondi (ITA) (victory shared with Jacques Anquetil)
1969 Belgium Herman van Springel (BEL) (victory shared with Joaquim Agostinho)
1969 Portugal Joaquim Agostinho (POR) (victory shared with Herman van Springel)
1970 Sweden Gösta Pettersson (SWE) (victory shared with Tomas Pettersson)
1970 Sweden Tomas Pettersson (SWE) (victory shared with Gösta Pettersson)
1971 Spain Luis Ocaña (ESP) (victory shared with Leif Mortensen)
1971 Denmark Leif Mortensen (DEN) (victory shared with Luis Ocaña)
1972 Belgium Eddy Merckx (BEL) (victory shared with Roger Swerts)
1972 Belgium Roger Swerts (BEL) (victory shared with Eddy Merckx)
1973 Italy Felice Gimondi (ITA) (victory shared with Martin Rodriguez)
1973 Colombia Martin Rodriguez (COL) (victory shared with Felice Gimondi)
1974 Italy Francesco Moser (ITA) (victory shared with Roy Schuiten)
1974 Netherlands Roy Schuiten (NED) (victory shared with Francesco Moser)
1975 Italy Francesco Moser (ITA) (victory shared with Gianbattista Baronchelli)
1975 Italy Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA) (victory shared with Francesco Moser)
1976 Belgium Freddy Maertens (BEL) (victory shared with Michel Pollentier)
1976 Belgium Michel Pollentier (BEL) (victory shared with Freddy Maertens)
1977 Sweden Bernt Johansson (SWE) (victory shared with Carmelo Barone)
1977 Italy Carmelo Barone (ITA) (victory shared with Bernt Johansson)
1978 Netherlands Roy Schuiten (NED) (victory shared with Knut Knudsen)
1978 Norway Knut Knudsen (NOR) (victory shared with Roy Schuiten)
1979 Italy Francesco Moser (ITA) (victory shared with Giuseppe Saronni)
1979 Italy Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (victory shared with Francesco Moser)
1980 Belgium Alfons De Wolf (BEL) (victory shared with Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke)
1980 Belgium Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL) (victory shared with Alfons De Wolf)
1981 Switzerland Daniel Gisiger (SUI) (victory shared with Serge Demierre)
1981 Switzerland Serge Demierre (SUI) (victory shared with Daniel Gisiger)
1982 Switzerland Daniel Gisiger (SUI) (victory shared with Roberto Visentini)
1982 Italy Roberto Visentini (ITA) (victory shared with Daniel Gisiger)
1983 Switzerland Daniel Gisiger (SUI) (victory shared with Silvano Contini)
1983 Italy Silvano Contini (ITA) (victory shared with Daniel Gisiger)
1984 Italy Francesco Moser (ITA) (victory shared with Bernard Hinault)
1984 France Bernard Hinault (FRA) (victory shared with Francesco Moser)
1985 Italy Francesco Moser (ITA) (victory shared with Hans-Henrik Ørsted)
1985 Denmark Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) (victory shared with Francesco Moser)
1986 Italy Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (victory shared with Lech Piasecki)
1986 Poland Lech Piasecki (POL) (victory shared with Giuseppe Saronni)
1987 Italy Bruno Leali (ITA) (victory shared with Massimo Ghirotto)
1987 Italy Massimo Ghirotto (ITA) (victory shared with Bruno Leali)
1988 Poland Czes?aw Lang (POL) (victory shared with Lech Piasecki)
1988 Poland Lech Piasecki (POL) (victory shared with Czes?aw Lang)
1989 France Laurent Fignon (FRA) (victory shared with Thierry Marie)
1989 France Thierry Marie (FRA) (victory shared with Laurent Fignon)
1990 Germany Rolf Gölz (GER) (victory shared with Tom Cordes)
1990 Netherlands Tom Cordes (NED) (victory shared with Rolf Gö