Monsummano Terme, 23 May 2024 – It will be in Piazza Giuseppe Giusti in Monsummano Terme in the late morning of Sunday 26 May, that we will meet the new Tuscan champion of the junior category (must have residence in Tuscany regardless of the club he belongs to and nationality) who will succeed Edoardo Cipollini winner in 2023, and who this season rose to the Under 23 category with Team MBHbank Colpack Ballan. The race organized by the Polisportiva Monsummanese (a deserved recognition for the company of president Alessio Giusfredi) will be valid for the fourth Marino Romani Trophy, historic president of the Monsummano Terme company and for the Luigi Scrima Memorial. In addition to all the Tuscan juniors who will compete for the jersey, extra-regional runners were also admitted and the number of participants reached 165. Among the race favourites, the athletes of the organizing clubs, those of Vangi Il Pirata, of Team Franco Ballerini . For the Tuscan title (residents in the region) among the most popular athletes, the blue Petri, author of two victories, the Valdarno Del Cucina (four times second), Ballerini, Ferruzzi, Stefanelli, Bufalini, Pavi Degl’Innocenti, Iacchi, Del Mastio, Matteoli, Drovandi, Picchianti, Fejzaj, Buti, Anguillesi, Bartoli.
THE ROUTE: The race, sponsored by the municipality of Monsummano, is 122 kilometers long with five passages from the center of Monsummano, with an alternation of laps that involve climbing from Montecatini to Vico three times (here the mountain grand prize is ) and two easier laps, at least on paper. A route open to multiple solutions for an eagerly awaited and coveted race with meeting place in Piazza Giusti at the municipal library and departure at 10 am. More than 160 registered for the Trofeo Marino Romani and Memorial Scrima Luigi, which herald spectacle and fun, for a race that remembers two important figures for the organizing company.
Antonio Mannori
