Luca Scinto is the directeur sportif at the Farnese Vini-Selle Italia team. He raced as a professional between 1994 and 2002, sacrificing much of his own career to work as a dedicated domestique for Michele Bartoli and Paolo Bettini.

Scinto comes from near Pistoia, the centre of Tuscany cycling. He is passionate about cycling, loves being a directeur sportif and is not afraid to speak his mind.