The Società Ciclistica Valdostana, organizer of the Giro Ciclistico Internazionale della Valle d’Aosta, is pleased to announce the partnership renewal with Pissei trademark, leader in the manufacturing of technical cycling clothing. The company based in Tuscany will fit the leaders of all classifications of the Giro della Valle d’Aosta with its jerseys, always known for style, quality and elegance.

«The one with Pissei is a consolidated partnership and we are pleased to know that the Giro’s leaders’ jerseys will be provided by the Tuscanian company even for the future». - said Riccardo Moret, president of the Società Ciclistica Valdostana - «This is another important tile that contributes to the success of the next edition of the Giro Ciclistico Internazionale della Valle d’Aosta».

«We are happy to confirm the collaboration with such an event known for being the showcase of young talented riders as well as an example of the land enhancement». - stated Roberto Carpignani, Pissei’s commercial and marketing director.

56th TOUR OF VALLE D'AOSTA / MONT BLANC 2019: THE STAGES

The 56th Giro Ciclistico Internazionale della Valle d'Aosta for Under 23, scheduled from July 16th to 21st 2019, promises to be full of news. As a matter of fact, the organizer of the event, Società Ciclistica Valdostana , has defined the program and the stages of the race that, from this year, will once again be competing in six days.

Worthy of mention is the "trespassing" with two stages entirely in French and in Swiss territories.

In particular, the debut will be Tuesday, July 16th with an individual time trial prologue, drawn in the city streets of the regional capital, Aosta. The next day, Wednesday, July 17th, the race will cross the frontier in France, starting from the village of Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise , to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, the finish. On Thursday July 18th, the race come back to Aosta Valley with the stage Aymavilles - Valsavarenche.

Friday 19th will be the turn of Antagnod - Champoluc, with the climbs of Val d'Ayas to be the master. Saturday July 20th the race will move to Swiss territory with the stage Orsières - Champex, on a route that will trace partly the next circuit of the World Road Cycling Championships scheduled in Martigny in 2020. The conclusion, in the end, Sunday, July 21st, will once again be at the foot of the Matterhorn, with the now "classic" Valtourneche - Breuil Cervinia.

«Despite the contingencies aren’t easy, we are happy to have brought the number of stages back to six. This was one of the targets we set ourselves during the establishment of the Executive and for 2019 we finally succeeded,» – declared the President of the Società Ciclistica Valdostana Riccardo Moret. – «All this has been possible thanks to a remarkable organizational effort that also led us to make important synergies with the French and Swiss "cousins". The Giro Ciclistico Internazionale della Valle d'Aosta becomes, in its track too, always more international and the stage in Switzerland, which will cover part of the World Circuit of 2020, is a flagship. Primary of course, is also the support of new and reconfirmed stage locations’s municipalities, as well as the support of the Aosta Valley Regional administration and our private partners who support us economically».

Here the stages:

	16/07/2019	AOSTA / AOSTA	prologue indiv. time trial
	17/07/2019	SAINTE-FOY-TARENTAISE / SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC
	18/07/2019	AYMAVILLES / VALSAVARENCHE
	19/07/2019	ANTAGNOD / CHAMPOLUC
	20/07/2019	ORSIÈRES / CHAMPEX-LAC
	21/07/2019	VALTOURNENCHE / BREUIL CERVINIA