The Tour de France is getting closer and closer and while we wait for the first stage that will run from Florence to Rimini on Saturday 29 June, the Savio Valley is turning yellow to festively welcome the passage of the athletes and the thousands of fans and onlookers who will populate the streets of the municipalities involved. In Bagno di Romagna, already animated by the hospitality “Valle Savio Bike Sound” just below the Passo del Carnaio, the “Il Faro di Corzano” Association has created a large circular installation 6 meters in diameter with colored sawdust, clearly visible from above, near the passage of the athletes in San Piero in Bagno, where a stylized bike appears and the writing “Bagno di Romagna salutes the tour”, as already done on the occasion of the arrival of the Giro d’Italia in 2017 and 2021.
Sarsina and Quarto are colored yellow with various rosettes, banners, hats, flags and posters linked to cycle tourism, thanks to the coordination of the Municipality and the support of private companies and operators involved in the choral setting up of the Plautine city and Lake Quarto, where the second hospitality “Valle Savio Bike Sound” will be set up, with music, entertainment, food and a giant screen.
In Mercato Saraceno, the Municipality is taking care, through the artist Anton Roca, to draw a large yellow bike in the Tigli sports field, at the entrance to Mercato Saraceno: an original way to honor the passage of the Tour and the efforts of the athletes on the very tough Barbotto pass (where the third hospitality “Valle Savio Bike Sound” will be present). The cameras pointed at the territory of the Savio Valley will thus be able to spread, in addition to the beauty of the landscapes, also the liveliness and hospitality of the Romagna territory.
The 2024 Tour de France will have extensive and detailed coverage on Rai networks. Live broadcasts will begin between 2:00 PM and 2:45 PM, while throughout the evening there will be space for reruns and in-depth analyses, which will certainly be appreciated by fans who have not had the opportunity to follow the stage live. The real-time broadcasts will all be hosted on Rai 2, while Rai Sport will give space to the evening columns. In detail, the generalist channel will begin its afternoon dedicated to the Tour de France with Tour in Diretta, the start time of which will vary, depending on the stages, between 2:00 PM and 2:45 PM (with the exception of the last day). The race finale will be included in Tour all’Arrivo.
