40 years of Maratona

A celebration filled with music

It is incredible to think that forty years have already passed since that first ride among friends and amateur cyclists, the beginning of this incredible adventure that is our Maratona. Thirty-nine Maratonas behind us: what a wonderful thing life is, and how lucky we are to be able to count them all. How lucky we are to be here again. Our Maratona is growing up: yes, ours, and therefore yours too, because the Maratona belongs to everyone who has taken part in it – the organisers, the volunteers, the friends waiting for us along the road, and everyone who has made it possible for a dream, a discovery among friends, to become a global event, followed and eagerly awaited.
Since 2000, we have dedicated each Maratona to a theme that could inspire and motivate us. And this year, because there are 40 wheels on the birthday cake, we will celebrate by playing and singing, with the spirit of someone who is 30, 20, perhaps even just 10 years old. Or, why not, with the spirit of someone who knows that even after forty years, it will still feel just like the first time. The quiet sound of fine tyres gliding along a road, first uphill, then downhill, then uphill again. And perhaps stopping for a moment to look into the distance, because the most beautiful music is the music we find within ourselves, setting the pace – whether fast or slow – to the story of our lives on two wheels.

Michil Costa