Thursday 20th And Friday 21 June The Paris-Nice cycle tour will stop in Cuneo (Paris – Nice Cyclo 2024). The amateur race, in ten stages, is organized byAAOC WISSOUS (Airport Association Olympique Cycliste WISSOUS) under the auspices of FF Vélo (French Cycle Tourism Federation).
The city of Cuneo will host the arrival of the stage coming from Vars and the departure of the last effort towards Nice. The ninth stage (160 kilometres), which started today, Thursday 20 Juneat 7.30 from Vars, will see over 150 cyclists heading up the Queyras valley to tackle the legendary Agnello pass and descend towards the Po Valley passing through the Varaita valley (lunch break in Sampeyre) and the Rossana pass, where stands out the stele dedicated to the unforgettable Marco Pantani. The arrival in Cuneo is expected from 4.30 pm in Piazza Virginio. A representative of the municipal administration will welcome the cyclists.
The demonstration will start again tomorrow, Friday 21 Juneat 7 for the tenth and final stage from Cuneo to Nice (169 kilometres). The participants will start from the town hall to head towards Vinadio, then turn towards the Lombarda hill, descend into the Vallée de la Tinée and Vésubie, and reach the Baie des Anges, where the event will end. This is an important event from the point of view of promoting the territory, which strengthens the link with the capital of the Alpi Marittime department, twinned since 1964.
The passage of cyclosportive randonne it is also further proof of the role of Cuneo Alpine City 2024 (award given by the association of the same name last May 17) and of its strategic position, surrounded by mountains, but close to the sea. There Paris-Nice Cyclo it will not be the only two-wheel event that will be hosted in the city this year: in addition to the traditional Granfondo Fausto Coppi, in July Cuneo will host a GRAALPS “base camp”, starting from Mandelieu, on the French Riviera, and arrival in Crans Montana, Switzerland. In the month of September, from the 16th to the 22nd, it will then be the turn of the Cuneo Bike Festival, which will attract many two-wheel enthusiasts.
