Tour information The opening Granfondo of the year takes place on the first Sunday of March, starting and finishing in Ancona, the capital of the Marche region. Two splendid routes take you from this city with ancient Greek origins, riding through the region’s Verdicchio vineyard hillsides and back to the Riviera del Conero, taking in wonderful medieval towns on constant climbs and descents that characterise the Vall’Esino and Val Musone area