There are almost 150 elite amateurs and under 23s registered for the IV° Memorial Maurizio Bresci-Piccola Liège, scheduled for Sunday in Galciana di Prato, in memory of this young Prato cycling enthusiast, who loved the Northern European classics, one above all Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
It will be another great edition due to the commitment of Fabio Dabizzi, the former runner Leonardo Giordani, the family members of Maurizio Bresci, the companies, traders and artisans, the athletes of Galciana who actively collaborated, with the technical contribution of Moto Guzzi Group of Prato. The Prato race will be the preview of the 2024 Tuscan Championship, scheduled for Tuesday 28 May in San Giovanni Valdarno.
The organizers have decided to change the route which will be 145 km and 600 meters long. Three laps of 33 km are planned with the climbs from Poggio a Caiano to Carmignano, and that of the Tizzana di Quarrata hill to return to Galciana, finally a final lap of 46 and a half km to tackle, passing through Bacchereto, the climb of Madonna del Papa 20 km from the finish line, and again the roughness of Tizzana (here at the 4 passes the mountain grand prize with points) 11 km from the finish line located in via Lorenzo Ciulli a stone’s throw from the house where Maurizio Bresci lived. In honor of the Tour de France which will start from Florence in just over a month, the winner’s jersey will be yellow, while those worn by the Misses will be pink to remember the Giro d’Italia which ends on Sunday in Rome.
Just under 150 registered with the Mexicans of AR Monex, Hopplà Petroli Firenze, Aran Cucine Vejus with the excellent Parravano, and among the other athletes present Piras, Hoeks, Colnaghi, Magli, Lorello. Also at the start is the ICS Group Dacia Multicar Amaru, a Sicilian team led by Paolo Tiralongo and Leonardo Giordani, which has its training camp in Galciana di Prato with three athletes eager to get noticed, Andrea Alfio Bruno, Matteo Ligato and the Tuscan Jacopo Militello .
The official start will be at 12.30 after the meeting and preliminary operations of the race scheduled at the Circolo Renzo Degl’Innocenti in via Andrea Costa in Galciana di Prato, thanks to the availability of its president Donatello Rosati and the members of the Prato club.
