He Giro d’Italia He had not yet started rolling and Burgas was already breathing with a strong pulse. The Bulgarian city, headquarters of the Grande Partenza of this edition, experienced a shock this Thursday due to the appearance of an abandoned suitcase in the middle of the race, in a central area near the street Ivan Vazov, one of the points through which the peloton will pass. “It was scary,” locals insist.
The notice activated the attention of the local device. Several police units, the Ukrainian Civil Defense Service, A fire department and an ambulance immediately arrived at the scene. The perimeter was cordoned off with police tape.
As you can see in this video flagman.bgand confirmed to BRAND a source who spoke with the vice mayor, everything became a false alarm. The luggage had been forgotten. The problem was in the place: within the layout prepared for the Turn, in a sensitive area due to the deployment of security and the progressive closure of streets that accompanies the arrival of the Corsa Rosa to Bulgaria. The scene was resolved without consequences, although it left a few minutes of unrest in the center of Burgas.
It wasn’t so much the suitcase as the exact place where it appeared. The city has been dedicated for days to organizing the start of the Giro, with traffic cuts, controls, fenced areas and an extraordinary device so that the Bulgarian premiere of the race takes place without a hitch. The tourist organization itself Grande Partenza indicates that the first stage will happen in Burgas through areas such as boulevards Demokratsiya and Ivan Vazov, one of the axes of the operation.
Maximum vigilance before the start The episode remained an anecdote and did not alter the race plans. The Giro starts this Friday, May 8, with the first stage between Nessebar and Burgaswithin a start that marks an unprecedented fact for the Italian round: for the first time in its 109 editions it begins in Bulgaria. The second stage will also start from Burgas, before the race continues towards Veliko Tarnovo and then head to Italy on Monday.
Everything under control
Burgas continues to adjust to the pink landing. Local authorities have prepared traffic restrictions between the May 6 and 9, with several streets closed and changes in urban transport to fit daily life with one of the biggest sporting events that Bulgaria has hosted in recent years. There is a wide system of cuts planned in the city on the occasion of the Giro. On the eve of a Grande Partenza, with Burgas armored and everything ready to receive the cycling convoy, any misplaced package is enough to set off the alarms.
