One month that separates us from the start of the Giro d’Italia Women, organised for the first time by RCS Sport in partnership with the FCI – Italian Cycling Federation. The event will start on 7 July from Brescia with a time trial and will finish on 14 July in L’Aquila at the end of a route of almost 857 kilometres that will involve no less than five regions of the Italian peninsula: Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Umbria and Abruzzo.

Ending violence against women

Celebrating the countdown was Scarpetta Rossa, Charity Partner of the event, a company founded in Milan in 2014 and active throughout the country thanks to a dense network of volunteers and collaborators ready to listen and welcome women in critical situations.

The Association’s initiative was to colour the stage city benches red and pink, symbols of love and passion, to fight violence against women

On the collar of the Maglia Rosa, on a red background, is the inscription ‘We believe in victory’. The word ‘victory’ represents a symbol of women’s strength and determination to win in sport and in life.