Another Sunday of dirt bike riding

On Sunday , the Giro d'Italia 2025 disaster occurred 51 kilometers from the finish, on the dirt road sector of Serravalle . Lucas Hamilton of Ineos Grenadiers fell, Tom Pidcock, Primoz Roglic and Juan Ayuso did the same, the group split, with Isaac Del Toro and three men from Ineos Grenadiers in front: they didn't stop, on the contrary, they accelerated. Only Wout van Aert managed to get back on the front. The Belgian was good at taking advantage of the opportunity, then he took advantage of it by crossing the finish line first, freeing himself of that weight of ambitions gone wrong that had been blocking him for months .

Cycling through the Tuscan countryside can be liberating , and can reconcile you with yourself thanks to its tranquility, low traffic and great density of memorable landscapes.

On Sunday, however, the end of the world at the Giro d'Italia 2025 had begun earlier, a few hundred meters after the riders' wheels encountered the first stretch of dirt road, the one that connected San Giovanni d'Asso to Buonconvento passing through Pieve a Salti. It was there that the 173 riders of the Giro split into an unspecified number of small groups and began to scatter along the route.

On Sunday 25 May 2025, there will be many more riders pedaling on that dirt road. They will also be scattered on Sunday, some alone, others in small groups. And without the rush of a finish line to cross before the others that deprives you of the enjoyment of the beauty of what is around you . On Sunday 25 May 2025, those who ride the Pieve a Salti dirt road will not have a ranking to think about, they will only be able to think about how good it feels to pedal on a bicycle without having to think about anything other than pedaling on a bicycle. Because on Sunday 25 May 2025, those who pedal on those dirt roads will do so at the Eroica Montalcino 2025 and at the finish line in Montalcino there is no ranking, there is no maximum time, there is no pink jersey to conquer. Only steel bicycles that jingle with the gravel that rises from the ground and hits, every now and then, the frame; that shine with chrome in the sun ; that resonate with the rustling of palm trees and the voices of people. Those of over two thousand enthusiasts. And they will be voices that speak different languages, the members come from thirty-six countries, who perhaps do not understand each other, but who understand each other very well, because after all the bicycle and what you feel while pedaling is a common language. Communion of passions, and no big deal if the Giro d'Italia has forgotten when Italy wanted to asphalt the dirt roads and how L'Eroica managed to preserve them instead.

Over two thousand people without haste, because there should be no hurry when you are cycling. The hurry is in for the professional riders, those who on Sunday will climb Monte Grappa and then head towards the Asiago Plateau . A completely different story, yet the same story: a story of bicycles.

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