A piece of news that will please sports enthusiasts and cycling fans in particular, especially because it's not easy for the junior category to be on RAI for about half an hour. The exciting novelty will be presented this Sunday, March 2nd when in Cerbaia di Lamporecchio, the Giuliano Baronti Grand Prix will open the 2025 season. Alessio and Stefano Baronti, to remember their father Giuliano, have secured TV coverage on Rai Sport Channel 58, which will broadcast the Pistoia race organized by Team Franco Ballerini in delayed broadcast. The announced time slot is from 5:25 PM to 5:55 PM; thirty minutes to remember with even greater strength and visibility Giuliano Baronti, and what this charismatic personality did for national and Tuscan cycling. 184 riders are registered for the race, which will be held on a new route with a technical and challenging finale featuring the San Baronto climb from the Lamporecchio side and the not-easy descent from the Giugnano side - essentially all the strongest riders at the national level, with a maximum of 7 athletes per team.

THE ROUTE: The national junior race with start and finish on Via Amendola in the industrial area of Cerbaia, in front of Neri Sottoli, will have a route of 130 kilometers. Official start from Via Ferrucci in Lamporecchio after two and a half kilometers of transfer at 2 PM with 5 laps of 16.300 km through Mastromarco, Lazzeretto, Stabbia, Cerbaia, then two laps of 17.200 km (Lamporecchio, Borgano, Vinci, Toiano Junction, S.Pantaleo, Apparita, Mastromarco, Lamporecchio, Cerbaia). Finally, the last lap of 16.400 km touching Lamporecchio, the San Baronto climb, then a technical and tricky descent towards Giugnano and Lamporecchio to reach the Cerbaia finish line. In 2023, Gabriele De Fabritiis won, and last year Enea Sambinello. The reconfirmed junior national team coach Dino Salvoldi will also be present at the Giuliano Baronti Grand Prix, who will have the opportunity to follow the first important prestigious challenge of the 2025 season.