THE'Heroic is a cycling event that has been taking place since 1997 in the province of Siena. It has the particularity of recalling the cycling of yesteryear, with routes which take place mainly on dirt roads with vintage bicycles and clothing.
First of all, the details which are not unimportant: the woolen sweaters as in the past, the bicycles taken out of the attic and if the dress does not make the monk it certainly makes the heroic cyclist. The one who this morning, still in the dark, was already driving to Gaiole in Chianti. Here we go, some call it the Woodstock of cycling. It's not just a race, much more than a rally. When the sun illuminates the road, you can breathe and eat the dust. You ride your bike on dirt roads and you understand the name “Eroica”. Today is the day of the bravest, 209 km. And there are those who sometimes do it on foot, it's also valid, you just have to have fun. All Bartali for a day, cycling, myth and poetry, among the beauty of the panorama all around. A race out of time, even with another time, we go back to the equipment, we are never in a hurry, along the way we stop at refreshment points. And here the cyclists are more than good and above all good eaters.
