Cycling: junior season starts, eight Tuscan teams

Florence, February 25, 2025 - On Sunday, March 2, the juniors will also wear a number on their backs for the first time in the new season. In Tuscany, the event will be in Cerbaia di Lamporecchio, in the province of Pistoia, with the Gran Premio Giuliano Baronti , which will also be broadcast in the late afternoon on Rai Sport Canale 58. This is a long-awaited and great event organized by Team Franco Ballerini, which has 194 athletes from 29 teams registered for a challenge to follow from the first to the last kilometer.

How does Tuscany present itself in this category for 2025? Eight teams with only one real novelty , the arrival in the category of Mastromarco Vincit after many seasons at elite and under 23 level. Then there is the pairing between Casano and Stabbia, while the most popular team is undoubtedly Team Vangi which presents itself with 18 riders between confirmations and new arrivals. After the opening race on Sunday, three more races are scheduled in Tuscany in the month of March: the two in Calenzano, on March 9 and 30, organized by Virtus VII Miglio and Team Vangi, and the CronoVersilia set up by Pedale Lucchese Poli scheduled as a preview at the Tirreno-Adriatico professionals in Lido di Camaiore, on Monday March 10.

As for the athletes of the eight Tuscan teams, the most popular names are those of Sgherri, Fabbri, Ballerini, Pavi Degl'Innocenti, Petrolati, Serangeli, Scottoni, Del Cucina, Gaggioli, Proietti Gagliardoni, Pascarella, Iacchi, Buturo, Salomone, Bartoli, Picchianti, Pisani, Menici, Anichini, Capodarca, Turini, Ferruzzi, Luci, Cianti, Mazzarello. THE TUSCAN TEAMS JUNIORS 2025 TEAM PIERI: Jaku, Bonaiuti, Machiavelli, Esposito, Squillace, Pileri, Buturo, Pierini, Mariotti, Lacerda. (DS Fioravanti-Breschi-Dani) TEAM VANGI : Buti, Pavi Degl'Innocenti, Petrolati, Capodarca, Fabbri, Scottoni, Ballerini, Tarallo, Nicoloso, Serangeli, Verdirame, Valerio, Sgherri G., Sgherri M., Bolognesi, Tomassini, Cascione, Meloni. (DS Berti-Ricciardi) STABBIA CASANO : Anichini, Del Cucina, Menici, Mezzasalma, Guidi. (DS Di Fresco-Corradini-Arzilli). POL. MONSUMMANESE: Barra, Ferruzzi, Galigani, Gaggioli, Luci, Parigi, Bonciani, Cianti, Taddei. (DS Lenzi-Gradassi). TEAM FRANCO BALLERINI : Proietti Gagliardoni, Iacchi, Pascarella, Battistelli. (DS Scinto). FURNITURE MEN PONSACCO: Acampora, Anguillesi, Mancini, Orsi, Simoncini, Turini, Biancalani, Garosi, Giannozzi, Venturi. (Ds Mancini-Gesi) MASTROMARCO VINCIT: Cialdini, Pucci, Picchianti, Bartoli, Postpischl, Mati, Iavazzo, Innocenti. (Ds Balducci). CPS CYCLING RACES VALDARNO: Bagnoli, Salomone, Pisani, Papi, Damiano, Mazzarello, Spitaleri. (Ds Sarri).