Crotone manager Davide Nicola cycles length of Italy after team avoids relegation http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40322608 A Serie A manager has completed a 1,300km bike ride up the length of Italy, after telling his players he would do so if they avoided relegation. Davide Nicola made the deal in April, when Crotone looked certain to go down. But they won six of their final nine matches of the season to avoid the drop by two points, after having won just three games from their previous 29. The 44-year-old arrived in his home town of Vigone near Turin on Sunday - nine days after leaving Crotone.