In recent days, greeting banners were displayed in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele in Novafeltria for the Tour de France caravan, whose cyclists are expected on June 29th in the Alta Valmarecchia areas, including Novafeltria, for the Florence-Rimini stage.
However, a Novafeltri citizen promoted a protest, posting a sign above the banner: “We cyclists are not interested in the tour but we want open cycle paths”, he wrote, adding some colorful insults in Romagna. He then deleted one term (with the addition of the writing, in small letters, I got carried away).
“I sold my bicycle: I don’t want to go to the Marecchiese. You’re just pissing off drivers and they’re right. But the cycle paths are closed. From Villa Verucchio to Rimini they are perfect and if there is a problem they fix it. For us, however…For the valley we have, for tourism, they would be fundamental“, says the Novafeltriese.
A protest gesture not of political value, he specifies, but only an appeal to provide for the arrangement of the cycle path. Starting from the bridge that allows you to cross the Rio Rosso.
The sign, attached with duct tape, was blown away by the wind. But the perplexity of the many cycling enthusiasts in the area remains, who are asking for a redevelopment of the cycle path.
