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aliases: ["Alessandro Ferrari"]
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# Alessandro Ferrari

Cycling buddy and close friend based in Milan. Alessandro works as a mechanical engineer at a mid-sized Italian manufacturing company but lives for weekends on the bike. He and Luca ride together most Saturdays and have completed several gran fondos across northern Italy, including the Maratona dles Dolomites and the Nove Colli. They met through a local cycling club about four years ago and quickly became regular training partners.

## Notes

- Incredibly strong climber, especially on long alpine ascents; Luca struggles to keep his wheel on anything over 8%
- Meticulous about bike setup and nutrition planning; always has a spreadsheet for race prep
- Good-natured and competitive without being annoying about it; the kind of riding partner who pushes you just enough
- Also into trail running, which he uses as cross-training during the off-season
- They often debrief rides over espresso at the same bar near Navigli

## Collaborations

- [[topic-cycling-training]] — regular training partner and race planning collaborator
- [[event-dinner-family]] — has joined a few of Luca and Giulia's casual dinner gatherings
