2013 UCI Road World Championships, Toscana2013

In the elite categories it was once again only the Italian women that won a medal for Italy, a bronze medal for Rossella Ratto. Marianne Vos won the gold medal, Emma Johannson the silver. Video highlights of the race:



Vincenzo Nibali gave everything he had to give, but.....


And, from a different angle:



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New Website for World Road Championships, Tuscany, Sept 2013

The website for the UCI World Road Championships-Toscana 2013 has been re-designed. You can find all the latest news and information at www.toscana2013.it.



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Richie Porte Tests 2013 World Championship Course in Tuscany

The website for the 2013 UCI World Championships-Toscana (Tuscany), Italy, is www.toscana2013.it. The Regione Toscana is a partner in the project with these Tuscan cities playing important roles in the championships: Firenze, Lucca (where Mario Cipollini hails from), Pistoia, Montecatini Terme, and Fiesole. The dates are September 22-29, 2013.


If you are planning participation in L'Eroica (October 6) you might consider arriving to watch the World Championships and later in the week start off the L'Eroica activities. 

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2013 UCI Road World Championships Awarded To Florence

The International Cycling Union (UCI) met in Melbourne today, during the UCI Road World Championships.

During this meeting, the Management Committee allocated the following UCI World Championships:

• 2013 Road: Florence (Italy);
• 2012 Mountain Bike and Trials: Leogang-Saalfelden (Austria);
• 2010 Para-cycling (Track): Montichiari (Italy) ;
• 2011 and 2012 Para-cycling (Track): Los Angeles (United States).

"It's a victory for Italian cycling," said FCI President Renato di Rocco after the UCI meeting. Di Rocco said that Florence will organize the championships together with the Tuscan towns of Lucca, Montecatini Terme and Pistoia.

Florence (Firenze) began organizing its bid in April, 2009, and fulfils a dream of Alfredo Martini who has a life long association with cycling in Italy. As the C.T. (commissario tecnico) for the national team from 1975 to 1997 Italy won the road road world championships with Francesco Moser in 1977, Giuseppe Saronni in 1982, Moreno Argentin in 1986, Maurizio Fondriest in 1988, and Gianni Bugno in 1991 and 1992. Martini also won a stage of the Giro d'Italia in 1950.

Di Rocco added that the achievement of being awarded the event was dedicated to Franco Ballerini, the late Italian national coach who was killed in a car rally accident in February.



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