Defending Lucca greets the Giro: “Historical and popular event. It took the centre-right administration and a true sports councilor to see the Giro d’Italia in Lucca again after 40 years.”
“It’s about uan event that goes far beyond its sporting dimension – continues Defending Lucca – constituting the Giro a historic event, an emblem of Italy. Its popular dimension makes it one of the best-known races, and pink fever has infected the city, from shop windows to discussions in bars, innervating that important social fabric.”
“Added to this were the collateral events that involved various parts of the city. Lucca was included in the route of a race followed all over the world, in the year of the centenary of the death of one of its illustrious citizens: Giacomo Puccini. An important and coherent connection, given the passion of Puccini also for bicycles. We can therefore only welcome the pink race – underlines Difendere Lucca – and the new administrative course of the Municipality. After a decade where Lucca was condemned to irrelevance by the centre-left, we finally have a council committed to the city’s revitalization and a sports councillor, Fabio Barsantiworthy of the importance of our city.”
