BEKING 2025: community, sustainability and social engagement to celebrate Cycling.
- M Abti
- 6 days ago
- 3 min read
One of the annual events that most promotes urban soft mobility on two wheels is back to the Principality of Monaco. Riding a bicycle has a positive environmental impact, is mostly net-zero, while contributing to a healthier lifestyle and has economic and social benefits. BEKING, at its fifth edition, will be held on the 23rd November 2025 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Port Hercule in Monaco, involving the some of the most iconic Monaco's urban spaces. Great professional cycling champions, like World Champion Tadej Pogačar and multi-title winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, will accompany amateurs participants in a series of inclusive sport challenges which go beyond mere competition to raise awareness of safe cycling and federate people around an international two-wheel-lovers.
The one-day event will gather in Monaco a consistent parade of leading figures, rising stars, sprint specialists and endurance riders to celebrate this long-standing sport practice which is still able to arouse big emotions. BEKING aims also to merge sport and solidarity to support social and charitable projects, linked directly to safety on the road and to limiting accidents.
BEKING 2025 includes professional Men's and, for the first time, Women's Criterium Races, a Pro/Am Charity Exhibition where amateurs will compete alongside professionals, besides leisure activities addressed to families and children, welcomed by Speedy, the official mascotte since 2022.
Anna van der Breggen, pro cyclist and former Former Olympic & World Champion, pointed out: « The beauty of cycling is that it offers much more than just a race; it can inspire, bring people together and do good. The combination of a fun event in a beautiful location for a good cause convinced me to take part ». The Dutch sport woman, in fact, will also support the fundraising initiative for Amy Pieters, a pro rider who crashed after a severe collision while attending the national track team training ride, on December 2022 in Calpe (Spain).
Meeting with the new generations is a particularly enriching moment for the pros, as well. Kasia Niewiadoma, Polish professional cyclist underlined: « As I grow older, I see cycling from a new angle. Helping children get on a bike and sharing our passion and confidence is something we should all do ». On the same direction, Steven Kruijswijk, Dutch pro, highlighted the educational side of BEKING: « The more children grow up riding bikes, the more adults there will be using them every day to go to work, meet friends or simply clear their minds ». Victor Lagelotti, Monegasque pro cyclist, added: « It’s an opportunity to share our passion with the fans, experience a day of sport and friendship, and inspire the younger generation».
Not by chance, next Sunday's event was preceded by a series of educational meetings with young students from Monaco's schools carried out by some cycling pro champions starting from Matteo Trentin, European Road Champion in 2018 and three-time winner at the Paris-Tours, one of the founding promoters of the event, together with Antoine Berlin, Christopher Froome, Steven Kruijswijk and Victor Langellotti. The core mission of this training, officially included in the educational offer by the will of the Department of National Education, is to share their experiences with the next generations in order to engage them and trigger passion in them. Sport, in fact, teaches perseverance, a sense of belonging to the group, respect for environmental ecosystems, civic and health responsibility. On Sunday the 23rd, the students will finally visit the Village des Enfants, a dedicated educational and recreational area designed for them within the BEKING hospitality zone.
Tadej Pogačar, considered one of the best riders ever, confirmed his presence at BEKING 2025, as well as Jonathan Milan, a powerful time-trialist and sprinter who is making his second appearance in BEKING, and Giulio Ciccone, Fausto Masada, Alessandro Covi, Davide Formolo, Valerio Conti and Matteo Moschetti, as sport ambassadors for Italy, besides Antoine Huby and Clément Champoussin, representing France, alongside Victor Langellotti and Antoine Berlin, representing the Principality of Monaco.
BEKING 2025 is meant to be a great cycling celebration open to all and for all ages where to have fun, learn, deepen social and environmental issues through the unifying element of Sport, as a driver of sustainability through the promotion of high values, the adoption of ecological practices and the education for responsibility. ***
✒️ Maurice Abbati
Strategic Communication Specialist, Editor in Chief, Journalist, Executive.
Lecturer and Author in English in the field of Environmental Communication to foster Circular and Blue Economy.
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