Fifteen years of collaboration and synergy have passed between the Ponte Buggianese sports group, the Anchione group, and the Cintolese Recreation Club, (a little later the Pozzarello group also joined) since they gave life to Team Valdinievole, a breeding ground for young cyclists whose story continues despite growing difficulties, represented by management costs and challenges in recruiting athletes for cycling.

In the season that will open on Sunday, March 23rd, the society chaired by Franco Sarti will be able to count on 15 young athletes in three categories: very young, beginners, and juniors. The presentation of the sixteenth season of Team Valdinievole was held in Monsummano Terme at the Municipal Library, with the presence of Mayor Simona De Caro, Councilors Libero Roviezzo and Andrea Mariotti, and the Mayor of Ponte Buggianese Nicola Tesi. Among the speakers were also the President of the Tuscany Regional Committee Luca Menichetti, and the Provincial President Alessandro Becherucci. A greeting was also given by Luciano Talini, a historic cycling manager from Valdinievole, among the promoters of the Cycling Track in Albinatico and, of course, by President Franco Sarti, who has been leading this beautiful youth reality for years.

Among the athletes who joined the club is Duccio Menici from Prato, the Tuscan second-year beginner champion in 2024, who will debut as a junior, and Francesco Mugnaini from Iperfinish of Fucecchio. The three youth teams will have a consolidated and substantial technical staff, to which Alessio Stefanelli has also been added. The beginner and junior teams will debut on March 23rd in Monte San Quirico on the outskirts of Lucca in the classic Giuseppe Cei Cup.

VERY YOUNG: Matteo Picariello, Francesco Berton, Lorenzo Milani, Dario Picariello, Kristi Sheshi. (Sports Directors Asia Mazzuola, Alessio Stefanelli).

BEGINNERS: Matteo Dati, William Antonio Boretti, Francesco Martinelli, all in their second year in the category. (SD Claudio Mariotti, Alessandro Barbieri; Accompanying Antonino Malaspina).

JUNIORS: Andrea Castrucci, Duccio Menici, Antonio Cerone (all debuting in the category), Mattia Artiglieri, Daniele Bacci, Francesco Mugnaini. (SD Andrea Bartolini, Simone Galeotti, Andrea Sarti; Accompanying Alessandro Bianchi and Graziano Bartolini).