The History of Stone Bollards

The stone bollards in a group are the ones you come across at overpasses—but they are also the ones that make us laugh on the climb to the pass (or up on the summit) and keep telling ever‑new anecdotes.
The stone bollards are those that have stood for years, immobile and (only seemingly) stern, along the roadside. They watch cyclists go by, catch their breath, and preserve their stories.
The stone bollards are the ones you sit on and… wait for Gino Bartali—and it doesn’t matter whether you were impatiently shuffling about in your sandals beforehand or not.
On these stone bollards generations of enthusiasts and lovers have sat: Kübler, Koblet, Fignon, Hinault, Merckx, Gimondi, Gianetti, Indurain, Cancellara—and today Linda Zanetti, Filippo Colombo, Vingegaard, Van der Poel, Evenepoel, and of course him: Pogacar.
Certainly, they are the most eagerly awaited—but the true lover is the one who waits for them all and feels a tightening in the heart when the broom wagon passes by: it means the celebration is over and the friends are leaving.
No, they are not leaving. They are simply moving on, looking for another road, another stone bollard, to dream again, to tell stories, and to fall in love once more.
At Lugano Bike Emotion, these stone bollards are ready to tell their own story and pass on a thousand others—with words, with eyes that quite literally speak, with music, and with genuine emotions.

Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 1:45 pm to 3:30 pm.