After the start of the time trial in the men’s Giro d’Italia, Foligno is preparing for another immersion in top-level cycling events. The city will in fact be the arrival point, for the first time, of the women’s Giro d’Italia, the fifth stage which will start from Frontone, a municipality in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, to arrive in Foligno. The appointment is July 11th. The stage will be 111 kilometres, with a height difference of 700 metres. The arrival is scheduled in viale Mezzetti, in front of the Army’s national selection and recruitment centre, near the ‘red bench’ against violence against women. A stage for sprinters, therefore. Explaining the details of the new cycling full immersion is Domenico Metelli, entrepreneur and great cycling enthusiast, who for years has been keeping the contacts between the city and RCS. “During the negotiations for the Crono – he explains – we managed to bring home, for Foligno, another very important result such as the arrival of the women’s Giro d’Italia which, in addition to the undisputed value of the athletes who have nothing to envy of the colleagues, also expresses particular values. Our action, as a city, thanks primarily to the determination of the mayor Stefano Zuccarini and the councilor Decio Barili, but also with the collaboration of the Selection Center and its commander, has been pragmatic with awareness. of how important the result could be for Foligno. It promises to be another important July, with great visibility for the city”. Metelli does not rule out future projects, such as a return of the ‘Tirreno Adriatico’ which could touch Colfiorito.
Alessandro Orfei
