Bologna, 1 June 2024 – Ready, at the starting line, go: tomorrow morning at 7.30 the 38th edition of the Ten Arrow Hillsa great classic on the national panorama of amateur cycling “granfondos” organized by the Polisportiva del Circolo Dozza Tper.
They will be more than a thousand the cyclists engaged on the 118 kilometer route that will start and arrive at Margaret Gardensreturned this year to the center of the event with the Ten Hills Villageactive from 12pm today until 8pm tomorrow.
To these will be added the members of the Italian Acsi Championship of cycle tourism, which will add a few hundred units to a number of starters that has already largely exceeded that of the last edition. Summary
There Ten Arrow Hills provides a single path of 118 kilometres, with a difference in altitude of 2146 metres.
Come on Margaret Gardensafter the start at 7.30, we will leave Bologna towards Saint Lazarusand then travel a few kilometers in Val di Zena and rise from Zocca box office towards Pianoroa section of the route that will also be proposed in Cesenatico-Bolognasecond stage of Tour de France scheduled for Sunday 30 June.
In honor of Big Bouclethe 2024 edition of the Circolo Dozza race will be “Yellow Edition”. Cyclists will then pass through Loiano, Monterenzio, Monghidoro, Monzuno, Sasso Marconi to return to Bologna from Pieve del Pino and Monte Donato, and arrive at the finish line again at Giardini Margherita.
A is expected flying finish line “Fitel” (Italian Federation of Free Time) at the Zocca Box Office, and the times of the “T-Motor Hillclimb Time Trial” will be recorded, just under 5 kilometers climbing from Fondovalle Savena towards Bibulano and Loiano.
Also underway, among others Davide Cassani, “regular” of the Bolognese granfondo. The former coach of the Italian national team (from 2014 to 2021), current president of Apt Servizi Emilia-Romagna, is particularly fond of Bologna: on these roads, as a professional cyclist, he won three editions of the Giro dell’Emilia (1990, 1991 and 1995).
He will also line up on the starting grid Edit Pucinskaite, former Elite professional from 1993 to 2010, still the only woman to boast victories in the Giro d’Italia (2006 and 2007), Tour de France (1998) and World Championship (1999). The Lithuanian has lived for years in Monsummano Terme, in the province of Pistoia. A granfondo named after her was born in the Tuscan capital in 2014, organized by the Avis Bike Pistoia company, of which she is honorary president.
To allow the race to take place, the Municipality has issued an ordinance regulating traffic in the time slot from 7.15am to 12.30pm.
From 7.15 to 8.15 no vehicular transit (for the time strictly necessary for the passage of participants and organization staff), in both directions in the following streets: Margaret Gardensavenue Giovanni GozzadiniStreet Augusto MurriStreet Tuscanyvia del Customs dutyroundabout Princess Mafalda of Savoyavenue Josemaria Escrivàroundabout Orsola Mezziniavenue Lungosavenaroundabout Grazia VereninStreet Height.
From 10am to 12.30pm, however, prohibition on vehicular transit (for the time strictly necessary for the passage of participants and organization staff), in both directions in the following streets: via di SabbiunoStreet of the HillsStreet of the platesStreet Gaibarastreet of Monte DonatoStreet HedgerowStreet Santa Barbaravia dei Sandmengardens Margherita pizza.
