After the arrival of the stage of the Giro d’Italia, the 53rd City of Lucca Trophy – Remembering Giacomo Puccini” is certainly the most important competitive cycling event of 2024 for the city of Lucca.
The date of the event has been made official, that of the last Sunday of September, the 29th. This race with departure and arrival on the city walls organized by the historic Unione Ciclistica Lucchese 1948, can also be considered a kind of dress rehearsal in view of 2025, season for which the request to organize the Italian Under 23 Championship was presented by the company of president Angelo Battaglia.
Four months after the Lucca amateur race brought back to the city after over 25 years by the UC Lucchese with the arrival on the Walls considered the most beautiful place in Italy for cycling, the maximum number of participants has already been reached which is 200. Scrolling through the registrations of the members there are five national Continental teams, i.e. the teams that can compete with professionals in certain races, including the MBHBank Colpack Ballan where the young Lucca native Edoardo Cipollini appears, and the Zalf Euromobil Desirèe Fior. The Ukrainian national team also ensured its presence in Lucca after having played the Milan-Rapallo 24 hours earlier, as did the Velo Club Mendrisio, the Biesse Carrera with the Versilian Tommaso Dati, recent winner of the Marble Industrie GP in Marina di Carrara .
In total there will be around thirty teams present at this prestigious event with the route still being approved by the Technical Structure. The 53rd City of Lucca Trophy – Remembering Giacomo Puccini, enjoys the patronage of the Municipality of Lucca, the Province, the Tuscany Region, Anas, while all the documents required to also have the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers have been presented .
