Historical courses and recurrences intersect between the Tour de France and Lucca, or better, with Ivano Fanini's teams. In the first ten days of the Grande Boucle, two of the four jerseys symbolizing leadership had connections with Ivano Fanini.

The first rider called into question was Lenny Martinez, who wore the polka dot jersey of the Mountain Grand Prix leader before handing it over to Pogacar. Martinez raced as a young rider for the Capannori entrepreneur but especially his father Miguel, Olympic MTB champion in Sydney 2000, three-time world champion (between MTB and cyclocross), who raced with Fanini in two periods of his very long career, which ended precisely in the Amore e Vita jersey. A jersey with which Miguel Martinez won the only road race he conquered at the Tour de Beauce in Canada, the homeland of another athlete performing well in this Tour: Mike Woods.

Yes, that Woods who used to run and whom Ivano Fanini convinced to get on a bike, becoming a big name. Another incredible story. Woods arrived at Fanini in 2014. The team owner convinced him that cycling was better than running. He had no experience, although he was no longer very young. In Lucchesia, he learned to move in the group and step by step became a champion, as can be seen from his performance in this Tour.

The connection with Jonathan Milan and his green jersey, symbolizing the sprinters' points classification, is more indirect: he was too young to have been a Fanini rider, but his father Flavio certainly was. In short, these days two prestigious jerseys have spoken with a Lucchese accent.