TUSCANY. WITH FLORENCE-EMPLI, A SEASON TO BE LIVE BEGINS
Next Saturday with the Firenze-Empoli, classic that has opened the amateur cycling year in Tuscany since 1988, the curtain will rise on the 2022 season after the last two years of suffering. The first positive notes are for the number of companies (14) that will carry out activities on the road and for that of the races included in 54, hoping that all will be confirmed on the fixed dates. On the subject of competitions, we would like to point out that the Tuscan elite and under 23 championship will take place in Vinci on 26 July, organized by the Maltinti sports group from Empoli. The most successful teams are those of Petroli Firenze Hopplà Don Camillo and Mastromarco Sensi Nibali, but watch out for the three Continental teams, Corratec Montecatini which has already won two races in Venezuela and Turkey thanks to the Serbian sprinter Dusan Rajovic, MG Kvis and Team Qhubeka . Among the strongest athletes Coati, Nencini (winner in 2021 of the Florence-Empoli), Murgano, Savini, Magli, Ferri, Aposti, Pierantozzi, Pirro, Garibbo, Gimignani, Crescioli, Iacchi, Cantoni, Baldaccini, Gandin. Donati, Cataldo, Molini, Peschi, Fabbri, Bonaldo, Dati, Regnanti also promise a good year. Among the most anticipated rookies Crescioli, Giordani, Bozicevich, the Ukrainian Varenyk.
BIND: Saturday 26 the 35th Florence-Empoli starting at 12.40 from Piazzale Michelangelo organized by Maltinti Chandeliers, with an impressive number of members, as many as 233. The track is the usual one of 140 km with final circuit to be repeated 6 times, including the climbs di Monteboro, Monterappoli and in the last lap, the short but hard tear of the “Casette” 5 km from the finish line in via Carraia in Empoli. On Sunday 27th the 60th edition of the Torre Grand Prix, in the Fucecchiese locality on the Cerbaie hills with 135 km scheduled and a new route. At the start 35 km in line on the roads of the leather and skins district, then the classic Torre ring (3,900 km to be repeated 26 times). The members of the UCTorre 1949 race are 151, the start at 13.
TEAMS 2022
ETRURIA TEAM SESTESE AMORE & VITA: Bagnoli, Calamai, Ceri, Knives, Donati, Ilin (Rus.), Milesi, Nocentini, Oliboni, Panichi, Senesi. Ds Relatives.
FRACOR PARKPRE RACING: Garibbo, Moro, Fattorini, Barsottelli, Rizza, Riccardi, Brugnano, Loiscio, Loconsolo, Troia, Bruno. Ds Ghiarè.
FUTURA TEAM ROSINI: Pierantozzi, Pink, Orlandi, Benedetti, Bellissimo, Capoferri, Fermanelli, Presenzini, Cioni. Ds Chioccioli
GRAGNANO SPORTS CLUB: Cataldo, Senesi, Niccoli, Conforti M., Angiolini, Galigani, Ninci, Galeotti, Boschi. Ds Conti.
MALMANTILE-THE CHAIR: Aposte, Bazzica, Bikanov (Ukr.), Mammì, Buti, Piccini, Severa, Peschi, Root, Carbone, Cavaricci, Varenyk (Ukr.). DS Maddaluno-Marinari-Rinaudo
MALTINTI BANCA CAMBIANO: Cecchi, Dati, Gimignani, Molini, Masi, Ojeda Solano (Col.), Pirro, Regnanti, Spinelli. DS Scarselli-Antonini.
MASTROMARCO SENSI NIBALI: Arzilli, Butteroni, Bozicevich, Crescioli G., Crescioli L., Garzi, Greco, Magli L., Magli F., Giordani, Simeoni, Venturini, Tedeschi. Ds Balducci-Dal Canto.
MG.K.VIS-COLORS: Piccolo, Cortese, Martinelli, Savini, Draghi, Carollo, Sens, Double, Hoeks, Stedman, Wright. Ds Frizzo.
PETROLI FLORENCE HOPPLA ‘: Ghigino, Nencini, Fiaschi M., Ferri E., Cantoni, Porta, Cretti, Quartucci, Pencedano, Bosini, Santarpia, Lettiero, Rigollet. Ds Specimens.
CORRATEC TEAM: Gandin, Oliviero, Murgano, Marziale, Baldaccini, Stojnic (Ser.), Rajovic (Ser.), Masotto, Tellez (Col.), Amella, Balabanov (Bul.), Daidone, Jacchi L., Pitti (Pan.), Stockli (Switzerland). Ds Parsani-Frassi).
POL. TRIPETOL: Botti, Bernacchioni, Ciafardini, De Vita, Dova, Fabbri, Ferrero, Gavilli G., Gavilli L., Michelucci, Viviani. DS Dinucci-Marchesini-Masiani.
PISTOIAN TEAM: Balabanov (Bul.), Camargo (Col.), Canepa L., Canepa F., Antonelli, Sulaj, Rocchi, Falchi, Ricca, Malagotti, Giammarresi, Vignoli. DS Baldini.
QHUBEKA TEAM: Iacchi A., Bonaldo, Coati, Guasco, Menegotto, Mosca, Parisini, Haylu Abreha, Ghebrehiwet E., Zerai, Ghebrehiwet Y., Stedman, Byiza Uhiriwe. Ds Nieri.
ZEROZERO IKJ SPORT: Bigalli, Franchini, Fiorillo, Longo, Morelli, Santucci, Rocchiccioli, Demiri, Salvadori P., Salvadori D. Zingoni. Ds Luddi