Coinciding with the arrival of the Giro d'Italia in the region, the Gran Fondo Mario Cipollini was introduced in Forte dei Marmi to members of the press and a number of notable guests and sponsors, including: Paolo Garimberti, the President of the RAI, Gianfranco Comanducci assistant director, the president of the Federazione Italiana cyclist, Renato di Rocco, Paolo Barilla Spa Barilla, Valentino Campagnolo Campagnolo Srl, Enza Doimo Frezza Inc., Zecchetto Giordana, Ezio and Peracchi Isacchini Comar Guido Italy and Marco Mauri Monwatch.
Along with the Mayor of Lucca, Mauro Favilla, and President and Director of Lucca Fiere e Congressi, Domenico and Alessandro Petrocelli Dianda, described the tour Cipollini career you chose for this particular contest. The race was held in his homeland, along the same road where Mario Cipollini trained to become a champion.
"I have personally planned the route chosen and my favorite roads throughout the land of Lucca," said Cipollini.
A shared vision Fiere e Congressi Lucca, Comune di Lucca and the Italian cycling champion Mario Cipollini, the first Gran Fondo Mario Cipollini will be held in conjunction with Lucca bike, a three-day festival devoted entirely to life two wheels in the world with sporting activities, such as an international bicycle race born champion Lucca personally have always wanted in his hometown.
Planned for spring 2011, the exhibition will welcome bike Lucca technical innovations and ancillary to the cycling industry, but there will be an opportunity to investigate and discuss the main issues related to cycling in public meetings , and seeing them participate in sports activities at different levels. The exhibition features many areas of interest, apart from those related to the manufacture of bicycles, such as "soft mobility" policies implemented by the institutions to attract citizens to walk and ride to improve air quality and also a more active lifestyle. Biking Lucca 2011 also provide an educational standpoint, thanks to a collaborative planning with local schools. Great attention was also devoted to touring bicycle, a field in Italy and around the world meet every year a growing number of participants.
Lucca is one of the Italian capital of cycling, both the number of people who use it daily as a means of transport and the number of members enrolled in the amateur and competitive. The city has 44 km of bike trails and a network of hundreds of kilometers of white leading to the green surrounding hills. It also has one of the largest population centers in Europe reserved for pedestrians and bicycles. The birthplace of Mario Cipollini, one of the champions of the biggest story of cycling, Lucca seemed destined to organize an event in which the motor acts as the central character.
Mario Cipollini Grand Fund intends to be one of international cycling events of great national meeting, with participants from across Europe and the world. Mario Cipollini, who still holds numerous records in cycling, has put its entire experience available to the city of Lucca and Lucca fairs and conventions in order to make an international event.
With the safety of participants in the forefront during planning, the race course that winds throughout the province. The characteristic features of the course offers all the challenges that a cyclist is in a competition. There are three options available to the pilot, each course providing different features, technical sections and distances: 1) Short Fund (53 km), 2) Environment Fund (115 km) and of course 3), the Gran Fondo (152 km). The final section of the race the wind around the fascinating city wall, which in the past saw the giants of the sport, such as Francesco Moser, Bernard Hinault and compete in a race against the clock in the Giro d'Italia.
source: triplecrankset.com
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