Promoting cycling values among young people as a sport and as a tool to encourage road education and training, through educational and training initiatives and paths; consolidating the connection between national and international professional cycling movement and Provinces to enhance territories at tourist, cultural, and environmental levels through targeted initiatives and events; providing training to Provincial structures on organizing road cycling races, to improve event, athlete, and public safety, fostering effective collaboration between institutions and cycling race organizers.

These are the priority objectives of the memorandum of understanding signed today between the President of the Professional Cycling League, Roberto Pella, and the President of the Union of Italian Provinces, Pasquale Gandolfi.

"Cycling in Italy is much more than a sport: it is part of the country's culture and history. Through this protocol," - emphasizes UPI President Pasquale Gandolfi - "we want to structure the long-standing connection between cycling events and Provinces. But above all, we want to reach high school students to promote the values of cycling, sports practice, ethics, culture, and cycling history, as tools for social inclusion and promotion of healthy lifestyles and correct nutritional models. We are grateful to President Pella for believing in the importance of Provinces, and we are certain that the synergy with the Professional Cycling League will translate into actions capable of directly impacting citizens' well-being and the country's enhancement."

"The Cycling League wants to initiate an intense synergy with all Italian Provinces, and together with UPI, to bring professional cycling to all roads of Italy and school desks, with stories of historical achievements experienced in our country and all the values that can be shared with young people: passion, team spirit, effort, tenacity, and commitment." - commented Roberto Pella, President of the Professional Cycling League, following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding. "We are on the eve of a World Championship, the first organized in the African continent, in Kigali, which could give us great satisfaction, especially in women's cycling, and which could develop new potential precisely through strengthening relationships between territories".