Cycling: Montecarlo Season Remembering President Di Galante

Three youth teams with 19 athletes. The presentation at the “Fattoria di Poggio”. A company where Michele Bartoli and Marco Giovannetti competed

di ANTONIO MANNORI
17 March 2025
The group of very young people

The group of very young people

Montecarlo (Lucca), 17 March 2025 – It couldn't have been otherwise. On the occasion of the presentation of the Montecarlo Ciclismo company's programme at the “Poggio Farm”, the memory of the late president Ferdinando Di Galante accompanied the ceremony.

For 54 years he was the gentleman president who had the merit of leading a company where they competed Michele Bartoli and Marco Giovannetti, which has won Italian and regional titles, which has always taken care of the youth sector.

And the wife's gesture is beautiful Marisa Fabbri, who wanted to join the board of the company, now chaired by Fabrizio Pollastrini, in a sort of continuity with the work carried out by her husband. In 2025, USD Montecarlo Ciclismo has 19 athletes, with 10 very young, 4 beginners and 5 students. On April 12 and 13, the two days organized on the circuit of Saint Joseph of Monte Carlo for 52 years now, on Saturday the very young, on Sunday the beginners and pupils, while on June 29th in Pieve a Fosciana still pupils and pupils with the Tuscan title at stake.

A beautiful reality recognized by the guests of the party, the national councilor of the FCI Laura Puccetti, the regional president Luca Menichetti, the provincial one Pierluigi Castellani, by the mayor of Montecarlo Marzia Bassini. Among the historical sponsors Pizzeria Rusticanella, System Data, Nissan Domenichini, Agraria Checchi Silvano. This is the staff for the season that will open next Sunday, March 23, right in the province of Lucca.

STUDENTS: Gabriele Pierazzuoli, Michele Folegnani, Sebastian Del Carlo, Riccardo Conti, Marco Fontana. DS: Sauro Bertoncini and Antonio Avanzinelli. BEGINNERS: Gabriele Simi, Mattia Ruggiero, Jacopo Morini, Manuel Beoni. DS: Domenico Pellegrini, Claudio Lucchesi VERY YOUNG: Gioele and Diego Bindi, Dario Bacci, Marta and Gabriel Buzatu, Matteo Matteucci, Giulia Benetti, Sante Marco Lunardi, Federico Paoli, Mattia Orlandini. DS: Fabrizio Nesi, Michele Farnesi, Federico Conti, Filippo Mori, Gabriele Lisci.  

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