EDITORIAL / The European Championships and the Gold Cup: an opportunity not to be missed

30.08.2021
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Let's make sure that the 12 September becomes a great cycling day? Hear what happens. While planning our next trips, we realized that on the same day asli European Championships in Trento, 40 kilometers away the Coppa d'Oro will be runThe most famous classical piano for students in Europe.

It takes place in Borgo Valsugana since 1965 and is the only event in the world in which athletes run for the glory of their sports directorsThey organize it Stefano Casagranda and Fast Club BorgoOver the years they have made it grow, involving the girls with the Pink Cup and then the beginners and the very young ones. The level of the students at the start is so high, that next year some of the first ones will probably run the Europeans in the junior category. A certain pogacar He ran it in 2013, failed to win it and on September 12th, the same day in Trento, he will run the European elite championship.

In 2013, Pogacar stood out at the Coppa d'Oro, even though he didn't win (photo Coppa d'Oro)
In 2013, Pogacar stood out at the Coppa d'Oro, even though he didn't win (photo Coppa d'Oro)

Calendars to study

Let's be honest to the core. The first thought when faced with this coincidence was for those who compile the calendars. These are different organisms, but how do you tell them apart? overlap two events of this kind in the same geographical area without thinking of systematizing them? Why not involve the students in the European circus, studying a formula that gives the Trentino the crown of cycling region par excellence?

Of course, we speak with the eyes of enthusiasts rather than specialist journalists. And we realize that in Italy the mainstream press probably doesn't even know what the Coppa d'Oro is.

We realized that The Borgo race ends at 13pm. The pros will leave Trento at more or less the same timeThe two events are somehow reconcilable.

Nizzolo again in Piazza Duomo, where the European Championships will start (photo by Giacomo Podetti)
Nizzolo again in Piazza Duomo, where the European Championships will start (photo by Giacomo Podetti)

Let's shake up ideas

Someone once told a famous quote by Enzo Ferrari, according to which a great newspaper must be a stirrer of ideas and men. Therefore this editorial wants to be a stimulus for Maurizio Evangelista and Stefano Casagranda, organizers of the two tests, and also for Henry Of The House who presides over the uec, so that they can at least make a phone callThe dates are untouchable; perhaps there's time to work out the schedule. But why not, for example, add an awards ceremony to the European Championships, inviting the two winners of the Coppa d'Oro to the same stage? Or why not provide a shuttle bus to take interested journalists to Borgo? That way, we'll put those thoughts to rest and have a little something to share with us for a while. the feeling of having made September 12th a special day for two kids and their sports directorsi.