The Giro d’Italia arrived in Rome – in the sense that it ended – for the sixth time in the centenary history of the most important cycling race in Italy and Rome welcomed it as only a large city, the Capital, can do. For example with the Family Ride, a bike ride with many boys and girls and their families covering a stretch of the route of the last stage of the Giro, in the historic center of Rome, just as the professionals did later, with the Slovenian Tadej Poga?ar triumphant at the end of the 21 stages, with his first success in the pink race.
Many Romans crowded along the route to welcome the passage of cyclists.
Those who came from outside Rome at dawn using public transport with the hope of returning home with a photo for their 88-year-old mother, a cycling enthusiast, those who stopped by before the Lazio match complete with their last scudetto shirt combining his two passions, the white and blue colors and two wheels. There were also several Slovenian flags in honor of the triumphant Poga?ar.
There were over 4 thousand people and the councilor for Sport, Tourism, Fashion and Major Events of Rome Capital Alessandro Onorato underlined the satisfaction of Roma Capitale: «We are convinced that major events must involve the whole city, also to promote sporting activity, which remains the best means to spread correct lifestyle habits and promote the healthy values of sport”. Furthermore, the Giro also showed Rome’s ability to resist multiple sporting events in a single Sunday: cycling, the horses at Villa Borghese, the rugby Bingham cup and Lazio–Sassuolo at the Olimpico.
Returning to the Fori, there was the pink ride and shortly after the Cycling Cup, an initiative of the Italian Cycling Federation in collaboration with the Lazio regional committee of the Federciclismo, which allowed the young agonists of the team races to challenge each other on the finishing straight of the stage . It is created with the support of the Ministry for Sport and Youth, in order to facilitate the introduction of young people to cycling, promote a correct lifestyle and spread the fair play culture, in compliance with the 10 principles set out in the Charter of Children’s Rights in UNESCO Sport in 1992.
In the morning in Piazza del Viminale, the police chief Vittorio Pisani met the traffic police who escorted the 107th Giro d’Italia, along the 3,400 kilometers of the route which this year involved 12 Italian regions. Prefect Pisani met the almost 60 motorcyclists, the crews of the six cars and the technical operators of the three vans equipped with mobile workshops who made up the backup device.
