Tour de France in Piedmont for two days
Tour de France in Piedmont for two days
The culmination of work that began years ago and a truly enormous opportunity for Piedmont. It was yesterday for Turin, for Monferrato, for the Langhe, for the Roero, for the Alessandria area, it was today for Pinerolo and the Olympic mountains. Millions of people from all over the world watched the two stages on television and saw Piedmont, savoring its beauty thanks to a wonderful sport like cycling. All this makes us say that if we have managed to bring tourism to 10 percent of the regional GDP, it is because there is a lot of work behind it, of which sporting events are certainly a fundamental piece”: this is what the President of the Region declared Alberto Cirio commenting on the two days of the Tour de France presence in Piedmont.
“As soon as the pandemic was over,” Cirio added, “we thought it was appropriate to identify events that would say ‘Piedmont is here and waiting for you’. We saw this opportunity in the Tour de France, we believed in it, we entered into a strategic alliance with the Municipalities of Turin and Florence and with the Emilia Romagna Region, and the dream became reality. Our intention is to increase the desire to come to Piedmont throughout the world because Piedmont is a good place to be. And the Tour has proven to be one of the most effective vehicles for this promotion.”
Councilor Chiarelli
The regional councillor for Culture, Tourism and Sport is on the same wavelength Marina Chiarelli: “The passage of the Tour de France was a seal of authority and quality for our Piedmont and once again underlines its strategic importance as a natural location for major international events. This prestigious sporting event confirms not only the attractiveness of the territory, but also its ability to work as a team to manage major challenges at all levels. The Piedmontese baggage of skills is now tested and has proved fundamental this time too in ensuring the success of such a complex event, demonstrating to the entire world the excellence and competence of our communities”.
Yesterday the Piacenza-Turin, the third stage of the Grande Partenza which took place for the first time in Italy, proved to be a extraordinary postcard of Piedmont as it focused attention on the UNESCO World Heritage sites and recalled the deeds of Fausto Coppi.
Today it was the turn of Pinerolo and the views of the Olympic mountains. A real mountain stage characterized by the climb to the 2035 meters of the Colle del Sestriere in front of the monument dedicated to Fausto Coppi, and to the 1,860 of the Colle del Monginevro before crossing the border, the climb to the Col du Galibier and the arrival in Valloire. At the start of the stage were present the president Cirio and the regional councilor for the Mountains Marco Gallo.
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