Florence, 26 April 2024 – It is not an exaggeration to define Tuscany at the top of the world, not for the results of the athletes but in the organizational field. Not only for the departure of the Tour de France from Florence on 29 June, but also for the many other events scheduled. Today in Florence at Palazzo Sacrati, headquarters of the Tuscany Region, the presentation ceremony of “Toscana Tricolore 2024” took place which includes eight events with the awarding of 25 titles, including road, track and off-road and the estimated presence of 2,500 athletes between males and females. The governor of Tuscany Eugenio Giani, the president of the Federciclismo Cordiano Dagnoni, the commissioner of the Professional Cycling League Cesare Di Cintio, the president of the Tuscany Cycling Committee Saverio put, together with mayors, representatives of the 11 municipalities involved, and the organizers of the 8 companies interested, they defined Tuscany as the “cradle of cycling”. Among those present also the coach of the women’s national team Paolo Sangalli, Andrea Tafi, Elisabetta Nencini, Silvia Parietti and Giancarlo Brocci. The “Toscana Tricolore 2024” program is dedicated to 4 great cycling champions and personalities, Gino Bartali, Alfredo Martini, Gastone Nencini, Franco Ballerini and the time trials in Grosseto to the three amateur cyclists, Antonio Panico, Roberto Seripa and Nilo Nardini, died in Braccagni on 14 July 2022 hit by a car while traveling in a group of twenty cyclists.
THE PROGRAM: While waiting for the choice of the routes of the individual races presented in the Region, the eight events. On 17 and 18 June on the Enzo Sacchi Velodromo track in the Cascine Park in Florence, the Italian junior championships (men and women); on 19 and 20 June in Grosseto all the time trial titles from professionals to students. The elite women’s road race will take place on Saturday 22 June, starting from Florence (Piazzale Michelangelo) and arriving in Scarperia-San Piero a Sieve; on Sunday 23 June the Italian professional championship with the “Per Semper Alfredo” race which will start from Florence, will touch the streets of Mugello, then 4 laps of 19 km with the tough climb of via Baroncoli between Calenzano and Sesto, where on via Garibaldi it is expected the arrival after 235 km, with the organization to be taken care of by UC Larcianese. The trials of the female debutants and students are scheduled for 6 July in Lucca, followed 24 later in Marginone di Altopascio by the male trials of the 1st and 2nd year debutants and students. On 22 September numerous titles will be up for grabs in the Pump Track specialty at the Alfredo Martini cycle track in Ponte Buggianese, and finally on 6 October on the Island of Elba in the Campo area, the enduro tricolor for all categories, men and women. The tricolor event is sponsored by the Tuscany Region, the Metropolitan City of Florence, the Mountain Union of Mugello Municipalities, by the municipalities of Florence, Grosseto, Sesto Fiorentino, the City of Lucca, Calenzano, Rufina, Scarperia-San Piero a Sieve, Montecarlo, Ponte Buggianese , Altopascio, Campo nell’Elba. Worth mentioning is the collaboration of the Italian Cycling Federation and the Professional Cycling League. The organizing companies are Larcianese, Settimo Miglio Settimello Calenzano, Elba Ovest, GS Capannori, AS Aurora, US Marginone, Bike Academy Valdinievole.
Antonio Mannori
