News for the 53rd Golden Lily, the award that since 1974 has accompanied Italian professional cycling activity by electing at the end of the season the athlete with the highest score in a ranking that takes into account the results obtained with points that vary depending on the importance of the race. And let's move on to the news with the appointment of Luciano Farri as president of the SSD Golden Lily with vice president Alessandra Carmignani, while Saverio Carmagnini, historic founder along with others of the award, is the honorary president. For the first time in the history of the Golden Lily sponsored by the Tuscany Region, the Florence Metropolitan City and the Tuscan Group of Sports Journalists of the USSI with the collaboration of CONI and the Italian Cycling Federation, the ceremony will take place in Florence over two days. The venue is the Manifattura Tabacchi in via delle Cascine with the opening on Saturday, November 15 from 9 am to 7 pm of an exhibition with cycling memorabilia from the 1950s to today, thanks to collaboration with the Gino Bartali Museum in Ponte a Ema and with Maurizio Bresci, president of the Association of Friends of the Gino Bartali Museum. There will also be an exhibition on the history of the Golden Lily, then at 10 am a conference dedicated to road safety, responsibility and the culture of coexistence with the presentation of the book "Between Road and Civilization" by Marco Cavorso. At 11:30 "Bring your bike and do the slalom" for young people starting from 5 years old, with various games and a snack offered by the historic Florentine company Chiaverini.

On Monday, November 16 at 11 am the awards ceremony for the 53rd Golden Lily which will be awarded to Jonathan Milan who will also receive the award for winning the absolute Italian championship. The Gastone Nencini Prize for the revelation of the year will go to the Versilia native Tommaso Dati, the one dedicated to Gino Bartali to Luca Guercilena, the Alfredo Martini prize to football coach Aurelio Andreazzoli passionate about cycling, the one in memory of Franco Ballerini to Paolo Bettini. Also established is the award for best young rider 2026 which will be received by Mark Lorenzo Finn, the "Culture and Sport" award to Giancarlo Brocci founder of the Eroica, the Pink Lily 2026 to champion Edita Pucinskaite, the Tommaso Cavorso Memorial to Tuscan debutant Diego Della Polla. Finally, another novelty, with the Alex Zanardi Memorial Prize which will go to Dr. Barbara Manni, head of marketing and communications for the sports company Obiettivo3.