After a year's break, next Sunday July 5th the prestigious Giro delle Valli Aretine returns, a national race for Elite and Under 23 riders now in its 64th edition with the 18th Rosini Impianti Trophy also at stake. Piero Rosini is the president, Enzo Amantini of Sport Event Cycling is the race director and organizer together with Fabrizio Carnasciali. The main novelty this year is that the start and finish will not be in Rigutino but in Vitiano where the new headquarters of the Rosini plant will be inaugurated.

Unofficial start at 1:45 PM, scenic route on the Vitiano, Rigutino, Vitiano stretch, from where the race will officially start at 2 PM. Then Castiglion Fiorentino, Manciano, Cesa, Monte San Savino, the climb to Lucignano, followed by Marciano, Cesa, Manciano, Castiglion Fiorentino climbing in the upper part, Vitiano, Rigutino, Olmo, passage through the city of Arezzo around 3:35 PM (via Leonardo Da Vinci, via da Maiano, via Sanzio, via Ducci, via Anconetana), then La Pace, the Scopetone climb after almost 75 km, descent to Palazzo del Pero, climbing again with the ascent to La Foce (passage around 4 PM), steep descent to Castiglion Fiorentino, then Vitiano, Rigutino, Olmo, Pieve al Toppo, Montagnano, Frassineto, Rigutino, Vitiano, Castiglion Fiorentino, the climb towards the splendid Cortona from the tough Sodo side, when approximately 22 km remain to the finish, descent to Camucia, upper part of Castiglion Fiorentino, Vitiano, with finish on via del Fondaccio after 162 kilometers of racing around 5:45-6 PM.

There are 170 registered riders representing 26 teams, including three foreign teams, the Australian Kilda, the British Zappi and the Spanish Baix Ebre Tortosa with predominantly Russian athletes, among the Italian teams Hopplà, Biesse Carrera Premac, Gallina Lucchini Ecotek, Beltrami TSA Tre Colli, Vega, Aran Cucine Vejus, Maltinti Banca Cambiano, Tripetetolo Seanese, VPM Moretti, plus obviously the home team, Team Rosini directed by Franco Chioccioli and other formations.

It should be remembered that the Giro delle Valli Aretine was conceived in 1958 by Corrado Livi who with Rigutinese carried it forward for many years. In the roll of honor stand out the names of Francesco Moser who won the probably most beautiful edition in 1972 ahead of Riccomi and Battaglin and Moreno Argentin in 1980 who surpassed Petito. Pantani finished third in 1991 and was a great, unfortunate protagonist in 1992, while the great Irish rider Kelly finished seventh in 1976.