In Casalguidi, the Franco Ballerini Sports Area features a mural dedicated to the cycling champion and former head coach of the Italian national team, who passed away in 2010. A professional from 1986 to 2001, Ballerini won the Paris-Roubaix twice—the classic of the classics in Northern Europe—and a Grand Prix des Amériques. He served as head coach of the Italian Men’s Road Cycling National Team from 2001 onward.