Giro-E, everything is ready for the eighth stage L’Aquila – Prati di Tivo. Alessandra D’Ettorre: “It will be a challenging route, but fun is guaranteed”.
Sunday will be the day of Tour of Italy in Avezzano, but for cycling enthusiasts there will also be the Giro-E to cross our territory on Saturday 11 May: one e-bike experience non-competitive in 20 stages – matches last May 4th – which takes place on the same roads as the Giro d’Italia and on the same days as the Pink Caravan race. Organized by RCS, the event is included as a cycling touring event in the Italian Cycling Federation Calendar. Furthermore, for this year’s edition there is also an Abruzzo team – Enjoy Abruzzo – which aims to promote the regional territory. The eighth stage, 62.8 km long, will start from L’Aquila to reach Prati di Tivo.
Departure is scheduled from Piazza Duomo at 11 am. The Giro-E is based on the exclusive use of pedal-assisted racing bicycles (e-road bikes), approved and with 250W motors for a maximum speed limited to 25 km/h. “Thanks to E-bikes you can fully experience the emotion of the Giro rosa, retracing the same roads: only the start of each stage changes. L’Aquila – Prati di Tivo will be our stage: a challenging stage, with an uphill finish. We’ll definitely see some good ones.” highlights the champion to our editorial staff Alessandra D’Ettorre. She will also race the eighth stage of the Giro-E. “I’ll try to have as much fun as I can. In the race I will challenge, among others, Maurizio Formichetti, our RCS contact person, and the president himself Marsilio. We will certainly have fun and experience the event at 360°, while waiting for the Giro d’Italia to pass.”
“Each fraction is covered in compact groups – adds D’Ettorre – except for some stretches in which participants face special tests with their teams. Furthermore, in the final stages of each stage, the Captains of the respective competing teams are engaged in the try sprint, to try to reach the finish line victorious.” In the arrival area, a VIP area is set up reserved for Giro-E participants who can, in this way, witness the arrival of the Giro d’Italia cyclists. “Among the objectives of this competition is the desire to raise public awareness of sustainable mobility and issues related to it environmental sustainability“.
After the start, the day in L’Aquila includes, at 12.10, at the hospitality area of the Giro-E Green Fun Village, a moment of in-depth analysis through the workshop on the topic “Sport, young people and inclusion”an initiative that is part of the broader ANCI program of support and financing of Italian municipalities from the National Youth Policy Fund.
Many interventions will be present mayor Pierluigi Biondi, the councilor for Youth Policies Ersilia Lancia, the Sports councilor Vito ColonnaThe president of the Italian Rugby Abruzzo Federation Marco MolinaThe regional director Abruzzo “Special Olympics Italy” Guido GrecchiThe coordinator of physical education and sports of Abruzzo of the Ministry of Education and Merit Antonello Passacantando and the president of the Executive Committee “L’Aquila Grows with Sport 2024” Francesco Bizzarri.
Here are all the changes to the road system for the L’Aquila stage of the Giro-E
Giro E, the eighth stage starts from L’Aquila: changes to the road system
