VIAREGGIO. Everything is ready for the Tuscan cycling meeting dedicated to the very young category (boys and girls aged from 7 to 12 years) which will be held today and tomorrow in Viareggio. The event organized by the Corsanico cycling club and the Municipality of Viareggio, in collaboration with Uc Piano di Mommio and Pedale Pietrasantino, will see all the Tuscan clubs present competing in the three agility, road and off-road tests. A new formula desired by the Regional Committee which brought together the three tests in a single event to simulate the test of the National Meeting. Today’s and tomorrow’s event was intended as a “Test Event” of the queen test since in 2025 Sc Corsanico and the Municipality won the most important meeting on the federal calendar. In this way the organizers and the administration will evaluate the suitability of the routes, the logistics for athletes and companions, the impact on traffic in view of next year.
Today and tomorrow
Today at 3pm the agility test will start and will be held on Via Zara in which boys and girls will have to complete a timed gymkhana course in two rounds. Tomorrow, however, the road and off-road tests will be held at the same time starting from 9am with a break during lunch time and restart from 3pm. The road route will involve via Marco Polo (start and finish area), via Buonarroti, via Zara and via Cadorna. While the off-road vehicle route will take place in the pine forest in the area adjacent to the Viareggina bowling club.
Numbers and synergies
The event sees around 350 boys and girls registered, representing 34 teams, who will give their best to win the regional title for the club. «We are honored and excited – states the president of Sc Corsanico Doriano Angeli – to organize such an important event for a category that concerns the future of Tuscan cycling. We thank the federation, the regional and provincial committees for entrusting us with the event, as well as the Municipality of Viareggio for their precious support. All the offices proved to be collaborative in finding solutions to the various logistical problems. There will be two days of celebration that will involve many families from all over the region in a wonderful and welcoming setting. A busy and demanding competition program from all points of view which requires a considerable organizational effort with numerous volunteers and many staff on the race fields. An event that is possible thanks to the collaboration of the other Versilia cycling clubs Uc Piano di Mommio and Pedale Pietrasantino. When you work as a team, significant strategic synergies arise that lead to extraordinary results. This is an example of good practice in the implementation of a high-impact sporting event which demonstrates how a system can also be created in Versilia.”
The choice of Viareggio
«This year’s regional meeting will take place in Viareggio – says Saverio Migliore, president of the regional cycling committee – in a very welcoming location for families and teams. Viareggio which in the last two years has significantly increased cycling activity, in addition to the traditional Florence-Viareggio, with the Giro d’Italia for two consecutive years. We have decided as a regional council for the formula of the event over two days (unlike the previous ones divided between 3 organizers) to do the dress rehearsal in anticipation of the 2025 national meeting which we would like to arrive well prepared having clarified all possible doubts. This year it is an event for 350 children but next year we will go towards 2000 athletes and therefore we have to evaluate everything from a logistical and organizational point of view. It will be a spectacle for the promotional category which for us represents the lifeblood for the future. Thanks to the Corsanico Society, the Pietrasantino Pedale and the Pian di Mommio for having accepted this commitment.”
Sports and tourism
«Children, sport and nature: what a joy – is the comment of the sports councilor Rodolfo Salemi – to combine the three disciplines in a wonderful dress rehearsal in view of the national very young cycling meeting that Viareggio will host in 2025. Many very young cyclists will arrive with their their bikes and their dreams where their favorites have passed with the Giro d’Italia, a stage of the growth path of which we are honored to be part: 310 little athletes in 2024 and 2000 in 2025 from 7 to 12 years old who they will take with them families and workers. In addition to the educational and sporting aspect, this event represents a great opportunity for the entire economic fabric of the area. Together with the mayor Giorgio Del Ghingaro I thank FederCiclismo and Sc Corsanico for the work they are doing alongside us and for the trust they have placed in our city. It’s just the beginning of a wonderful journey: the wheels of a bike are like the hands of a clock, they turn on themselves but without haste they can take you very far.”
