The Gran Fondo Elba Island, organized by ASD Folgore Bike, takes center stage Sunday, April 19, 2015, and will be joined to the consolidated Elba Bike Tour. The sporting event relies on the "stages" of the food and wine of Tuscany Showcase collaboration, the project of the Region and Unioncamere Toscana that promotes restaurants and shops that make the local products their distinguishing feature. Despite being in its first year the organization aims to create something unique, hence the combination with one of the local food and wine tasting events, namely the review "ElbAleatico, a cluster of history" now in its fifth edition and dedicated to ' Elba Aleatico Passito, the only DOCG for sweet wines of Tuscany. The event will be organized by the delegation of the AIS Toscana Elba - which this year celebrates 30 years since its foundation - with the support of the Consortium of producers Wines Elbani DOC and sponsored by the City of Portoferraio. An important change that takes place in the year following the celebrations of the bicentennial of Napoleon's exile on Elba. Event that has attracted much attention from the public and a careful tourism. It is said that Napoleon's own whereabouts bitterness comfort of solitude and exile nell'Aleatico, a ruby ​​red sweet wine that boasts 150 hectares of vineyards enrolled in the DOC and a production of about 400,000 bottles. There will be three tracks (a Light of 67 km, a Classic 80 km and Marathon of 107 km) which will enable all fans to experience the island in its totality, from the pleasure of the competition until the discovery of the territory and its excellence, without, therefore, leave aside the healthy competition that many love. The start will be the French from 9.00 to 10.30 and routes will see an alternation of sections with detection of the travel time to tourist traits. The quartiertappa will in Portoferraio to the Congress Centre "De Laugier" while tasting at Palazzo Medici a few meters away. The entries are made via the official website of the event www.elbabiketour.com or on site at the secretariat on 18 and 19 April. On the occasion of New Year Pisano, the organizers have created a promotion for registration for the Gran Fondo, the single fee will, in fact, to € 15.00 until 31 March. Drill paths very moved trails and undulating, both planimetric plan that altitude, leaving the French from Piazzale De Laugier in Portoferraio, will cross the length and breadth of the island. Those who opt for the "Light" route of 67 km, exceeded locations Cavoli, at km 54.600 kilometers will find the deviation to return arrival in Portoferraio going from Procchio. Those who choose the "Classic" of 80 km continue towards Lacona and locations Valdana, at km 70.300 km will have to follow the signs towards Portoferraio.Chi instead decide to enjoy the whole island along the 107 km planned for the track "Marathon", come up to Rio Elba, Nisporto cross towards Schiopparello and from there will sail to Portoferraio.Saranno three, so, the strokes with detection of typical journey time of Ciclosportive events: the first from 22,900 km to 31,000 km (valid for all three paths); the second from km 56.900 to km 59.200 (for paths Marathon and Classic) and the last from km 83.000 to km 96.600 (for the Marathon route) .Thanks to the synergy with AIS Toscana and review Elba Aleatico, the classic pasta party of all amateur cycling events will be replaced by a large tasting of local products and Aleatico. Sights on percorsoPortoferraio, Marciana, Marciana Marina, Campo nell'Elba, Capoliveri, Porto Azzurro, Elba Rio Program Saturday 18 aprileOre 16.00 - 19.00 race packages and license compliance Withdrawal (Congress Centre De Laugier, Portoferraio) Sunday 19 07:00 aprileOre - 9.30 race packages and license compliance Withdrawal (Congress Centre De Laugier, Portoferraio) 9.00 - 10.30 am Departure to the French (Piazzale De Laugier, Portoferraio) 10.30 - 13.30 Tasting dry wines and the island of Elba chefs cooking show ( Centro Cultural De Laugier, Portoferraio) 14.00 - 19.30 Tasting Aleatico and sweet combinations with pastry chefs island and Wine School (Centro Culturale De Laugier, Portoferraio)