Pat Carroll

Pat has been the Direttore Sportivo of Velo Veneto since 2004 and has been racing since 1994. He's competed in over 600 races, including over 100 in Italy and Europe. Pat competes at both the Masters 45+ and Pro/1/2 level. His best placing in Italy was a 4th in the Circuito di Farra near Belluno. Pat has been a race director and team manager from club level up to UCI women's stage races.   

Giana Roberge

Giana has ten years of professional road racing experience. She is a former World and National Time Trial Champion and has competed in every major women's one day and stage race in the world. Giana was also a member of the US National Team for many years. As the Director/General Manager of the Saturn Professional Cycling Team, she led the #1 UCI ranked women's team to back to back World Cup series titles, as well as assisting in the qualifying over 20 Saturn and Timex Team men and women athletes for the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

Rob Dillon

Rob entered the cycling world in 1993 as a bike mechanic. He quickly mastered the art of making bikes run well and was quickly regarded as one of the top mechanics in Northern California. He began racing seriously in 2004 on the mountain bike, finishing 2nd in the prestigious Laguna Seca 24 hour race, qualifying him for the World Championships. In the last two years, Rob has turned his attention to the road scene and earned stellar results in Europe including the UCI Masters World Championships.

Ron Palazzo

For Renato "Ron" Palazzo, Velo Veneto was a labor of love for 18 years. Since founding the camp in 1986, Ron introduced literally hundreds of English speaking cyclists to racing the Italian way and just as importantly, to the Italian way of life, to "La Dolce Vita." Ron still spends the summers in Castelcucco and will join us for traing rides occationally.