Emilia Romagna, Sport Valley: cycling, sitting volleyball, rugby and motor racing.

After a 13-year absence, the Giro di Romagna has returned to the heart of the areas hit by the flood.

A sports event between Emilia and Romagna. Starting from cycling, with the Giro di Romagna returning after 13 years of absence in the areas hit by the flood, the Six Nations women's rugby in Parma with Italy-Scotland and the Rotary Cup of sitting volleyball in Cesena - moments that are included in the calendar of events supported by the Region -, up to the Endurance Automobile World Championship in Imola, awaiting the Gran Premio del Made in Italy and the Emilia-Romagna Formula 1, scheduled for 18 and 19 May.

The first event took place with the Rotary Cup national promotional sitting volleyball championship at the Cesena Exhibition Centre.

A competition that is part of the three-year agreement between the Region and the Italian Volleyball Federation and which confirms the regional commitment to the promotion of all sports disciplines, including Paralympic ones.

Lo Lanfranchi stadium in Parma it hosted the women's Six Nations rugby match and the Italy-Scotland match, which followed the match against England on 23 March, and is part of the collaboration between the Region and the Italian Rugby Federation.

An important comparison for the rankings: the final placing in third place in the women's Six Nations guarantees direct qualification for the 2025 Rugby World Cup which will be played in England.

It was also cycling's turn, with the 87th edition of the Giro di Romagna, from Lugo (RA) to Castrocaro Terme (FC). An important return after the last edition in 2011 and a further opportunity for visibility for the flooded municipalities, in the year of the Grande Partenza of the Tour de France.

It was an appointment in the heart of the Motor Valley, with the Six Hours of the Endurance World Championship, the FIA ​​WEC, at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola.

Among the protagonists is the Ferrari 499p Hypercar, making its debut in Emilia-Romagna, less than a month after the return of the Made in Italy Grand Prix and the Emilia-Romagna Formula 1, on May 18nd and 19rd.