Marco Torriani will be there to tell his father's story, whom we remember meeting as a young man in Roccaraso, first Fabbri, it was 1976. Carmine Castellano's family will be there to greet him, his daughter Milena and his nephew Tonino Maresca.... But they will be there, and what a continuity in cycling, a sport for eternity, where Guerra and Pogacar, Coppi and Merckx pedal together, but they will be there especially, the vibrant Vincenzo Torriani and Carmine Castellano, patron 1 and patron 2 of the Giro d'Italia that sings and that counts, Saturday 18th in Maddaloni, in the province of Caserta.

Yes, in Maddaloni, the heart of the cycling world in Campania thanks to the legacy of a family lineage still carried on today by Amedeo Marzaioli, the soul and promoter even now of a sacred memory, yes in Maddaloni where, with the patronage of the Municipality of the Caserta city, Vincenzo Torriani and Carmine Castellano, who recently passed away, will be honored in parallel.

And their Giro d'Italia will triumph worldwide from black and white to color, in that Villaggio dei Ragazzi founded by Don Salvatore D'Angelo that will host the event - Chollet Hall, 9:30 a.m. - and which constituted the indispensable staging point for so many days of the pink race, which still pierce the best days with light.

The time trial of Hinault vs Moser from the extraordinary 1985 passes by, the Capua - Maddaloni. And Rominger's victory in '95, the Telese Terne - Maddaloni, doesn't seem like yesterday, it seems like tomorrow. The tomorrow of the start then in '98, an imperious Pantani, heading to Lago Laceno. And the finish again in the downpour, in 2000, where ten days before Don Salvatore D'Angelo's death, the courageous Moreni would win under a storm that raged from Terracina to Maddaloni, by divine grace, whose first name was not by chance Christian... And the subsequent starts, in less distant seasons, toward Benevento, Avezzano and finally toward Montevergine, 2011, how much time has passed.

Torriani, who passed away in '96, and Castellano, who died last March, constitute in total and in symbiosis - a sort of Trofeo Baracchi in tandem, even more than a succession in time - over half a century of Giros under their command. Their recital from the lead car, ahead of the race, was a courteous blessing to that people on the roadside who ultimately implored a messiah for a heart that would remain forever young. The Giro d'Italia, indeed.

The event will be attended by - in addition to Marco Torriani and Milena Castellano - Don Antonio Traviso who will celebrate the Holy Mass in the Church of the Village, the mayor of Maddaloni Andrea De Filippo, the councilors Caterina Ventrone and Annarita Santangelo, the provincial delegate of CONI Michele De Simone, representatives of the Marzaioli family.