The Tagliagambe - Marciana Marina

Traditional cycling and running race at the start of the summer season on the Island of Elba

From the first edition, born as a joke among four friends, many years have passed, filled with challenges, records and achievements.

The Tagliagambe has become a classic Elban event for cycling and running, opening the summer season on Elba and gaining increasing popularity over the years in Italy, with athletes coming from Bolzano, Turin and Reggio Emilia, and even abroad: Germany, Finland and Austria.

Did you know?: In the first two editions (2005 and 2006), only one competitor took part in the running category.

Organized by A.S.D. Marciana Marina, the Tagliagambe group and under the patronage of the Municipality of Marciana Marina, it is a true 9 km climb, whose name already suggests the difficulty of the route, rising from Marciana Marina up to 600 metres of Monte Perone, with gradients reaching up to 13%.

Over the years, the records of both the running and cycling races have been lowered, thanks to the significantly higher level of the participants.

Demonstrating how the people of Marciana Marina are always ready to embrace any challenge, several original competitions and new features have been introduced over the years: in 2013 a race with “Graziella” bicycles without gears took place, starting from Poggio and finishing at Monte Perone, and since 2015 the "teams" category has been added.

Did you know?: Even Alex Zanardi, shortly before the Rio 2016 Paralympics (where he won two gold medals and one silver), trained on the roads around Monte Perone, praising the beauty and difficulty of the route, and tweeting, not without self-irony: “La mia gara! Notate il nome in rosa... Prima o poi dovrò farla; Marciana Marina-Monte Perone. Salita Bellissima!!!”

Infoelba recommends: For more information about registrations and rules of the Tagliagambe, visit the website elbaeventi.it in the sport category!