“The fortress of Montalcino stands with its typical military architecture, dominating the town and evoking in the visitor's mind images of battles, strenuous defences, and armour gleaming under the sharp September sun. Those who, however, pass through the gate these days will find something unusual in the large internal courtyard: a large wooden velodrome that the German artist Olaf Metzel wanted to create, almost to soften the architectural harshness of the structure that houses it, to create battles but imbued with sporting prowess and colourful atmospheres; not with the sounds of weapons, but with the whirring of wheels.”
— Roberto Turchi, Councillor for Culture, Municipality of Montalcino, from the catalogue Arte All’Arte III, 1998