The Tour in Romagna: the tribute to Marco Pantani
It starts like this “The large loop” with an unforgettable tribute to Marco Pantani and Gino Bartali. The race will also cross the hinterland and the Apennines in the province of Rimini. In Novafeltria a group of gymnasts will raise a gigantic Torre Eiffel human as the race passes. In Rimini a five-meter high statue with the effigy by Marco Pantani will be unveiled a few steps from the Tiberio Bridge, in the square on the water on the evening of June 28.
The route of the yellow caravan of cyclists
The Tour will cross the entire SS 72, reaching the new roundabout between the San Marino highway and the State Road 16 «Adriatica». Then enter the SS 16 southwards up to the Befane roundabout where it will enter the town centre of Rimini and, through Viale Settembrini, Viale Chiabrera and Viale Firenze, it will reach Viale Regina Elena, the parallel of the seafront. It will continue on this last street until Piazzale Gondar where it will reach Lungomare Di Vittorio, in a northerly direction, until it crosses the finish line (located at the height of bathroom 72).
As far as times are concerned, the “Grand Depart” of the Tour De France is set for 12pm on Saturday 29 June in Florence from Piazza delle Cascine. In Rimini, the streets affected by the passage of the runners will first be crossed by the advertising caravan (made up of over 100 vehicles) which will arrive at the finish line at 4.05pm. The arrival of the first runners is expected at around 5.34pm, again at beach 72.
How the road system is changing in Rimini
The atmosphere will be made even hotter by the substantial coincidence with Italy’s match for the round of 16 against Switzerland, scheduled for 6 pm: after having witnessed the arrival of the “grande Boucle”, many will flock to the pubs and clubs – many already sold out – to cheer on the Azzurri. For residents and tourists, traffic will be completely changed with diversions that require public transport and especially bicycles to be preferred to cars.
The motorway toll booth is closed
The Rimini-Sud motorway toll booth will be closed, on exit, on Saturday 29 June from 2 pm to 6 pm, and on entry from 5 pm until the tender passes. In the city, the parking lot on Viale Chiabrera, where the tour service vehicles park, has already been closed. The Lungomare Di Vittorio is also closed in the section from Via La Città delle Donne and via La Voce della Luna and from Piazzale Gondar to Piazzale Benedetto Croce.
Nothing cars also in the entire area of the Rotonda Lucio Battisti and the streets Colombo (section Vie Bianchi/Cappellini-Rotonda Lucio Battisti), Beccadelli (section Viale Vespucci-Lungomare Tintori) and Lungomare Tintori (section Viale Beccadelli-Via Bianchi).
The Cesenatico stage with the second stage: changes to traffic
In Cesenatico the start of the second stage is set for 12pm on Sunday 30 June in the area of the Municipal Stadium. A parking ban will be instituted throughout the surrounding area and there will also be important changes to traffic. Via Saffi and Via Milano in the section between Via Trevisani and Via Saffi will be closed to traffic from 5 pm on June 29.
Give her 12pm on Saturday 29th June until 5pm on Sunday 30 June parking will be prohibited on: via Saffi in the stretch between via Trento and via Torino; via Milano in the stretch between via Saffi and via Arcangeli; via Ricci in the stretch between via Milano and via Torino; via Torino in the stretch between via Saffi and via Sozzi.
From 8pm on Saturday 29 June until 3pm Sunday, June 30th parking will be prohibited on: viale Trento in the stretch between via Saffi and via Ricci; viale della Libertà between via Trento and via Milano, viale della Repubblica between via Trento and via Milano; viale Trevisani between via Trento and via Milano.
