At 36, Trentin finally grabs his first win of 2025. and delivers a hilarious interview: "So… ciao!"

“I won this race ten years ago,” the 36-year-old veteran begins his story in the flash interview. “Finally, I'm winning a race this year. After the Tour de France, I felt really good. Finally, my legs were where they should be. I was a little unhappy. I got injured in Hamburg and had to wait to come back. Finally, I've got that victory.”

Trentin was able to win partly because Thibaud Gruel and Paul Lapeira, the leaders in the race, were playing poker early on. This allowed the chasing group to catch up. “They rode away at a pretty perfect moment. We were accelerating, accelerating, and accelerating, and in the first moment of doubt and looking at each other, they took off,” said the Italian.

“They did that very well,” Trentin continued. “Then the game began: attack, stall, attack, stall. In the end, we had five riders in the chase. But of course, we had Bissegger as a passenger. That's not really nice,” he said, referring to the Swiss rider who had teammate Lapeira riding at the front. “We really couldn't get closer than ten seconds.”

Still, the veteran knew: “If we keep them there, they'll always end up watching each other. If they did that, we'd come back. That's what happened, and suddenly we were back within 300 meters. Then I won the sprint, haha,” Trentin says with a big smile on his face.

Victory number 32 in the bag, and that at the age of 36. “I still feel young inside,” laughs the Tudor rider. “The fact that I didn't fight for my position meant that I could save a little energy. It was so tough and so fast today. That small amount of energy saved could make all the difference. I was finally able to ride a good sprint again.”

This was Trentin's third victory in Paris-Tours, after winning the French classic in 2015 and 2017. Those were very different races back then, without unpaved sections. “You won't see me here again. I've won the two different versions, so ciao,” Trentin jokes.

“It's a different race now. Every other time I was here, there was a headwind. Today's race was high-speed. In the final, you have to be a kind of diesel engine, and you also have to read the race well,” Trentin concludes after winning Paris-Tours.

And now? “Enjoy my vacation,” suggests the interviewer, but when those words reach Trentin, we see the Italian shake his head. “I'm still racing on Wednesday,” he laughs. “After that, I can relax.” The Giro del Veneto looks set to be the last race of his year, and that in his own country.