Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo: a message of peace through sport

"We need peace and by making Russians, Israelis, Ukrainians and Americans run together, in our small way we have succeeded and if we can do it, the great ones of the earth must succeed too". Andrea Borghini, the president of the Fausto coppi, the day after the 36th edition of the Grand Prix “Marble Industries“, the international race for during 23. "A strong message came from sport and running, but everything went well on the day, from the weather to the location in Piazza Menconi where we plan to return for the next editions".

A final with a solitary arrival with arms raised, the group sprint for second place, an exciting race with many withdrawals but also with many interesting technical ideas among young people who battled it out from the sea to the mountains. And some of them will be the champions of tomorrow. The 36th edition of the grand prix is ​​over but it will also be remembered because it brought together riders from nations at war with each other. Young Under 23s who faced each other with the weapon of wheels, and if in the end the overall podium was taken by the Russian Ilya Savekin and the Italians Federico Biagini and Alessio Menghini, on the podium of the three jerseys (white for the overall winner, green for the mountain grand prix, cyclamen for the intermediate sprints) in addition to the Russian Savekin, the Danish Kevin Biel (Denmark also supplies weapons to Ukraine) and the Massa native of Croatian origin Matteo Lapo Bozicevich also climbed.

Fabrizio Convalle, former professional cyclist and vice president of Fausto Coppi, is also satisfied: "Everything went very well and we received compliments for the organization, the route, the logistics in the square, the panorama that the track offered. Compliments also came from the president of the jury, the Luxembourgian Claudine Conter who has seen many races, starting with the Tour de France and the Spanish Vuelta".