The big Giro di Monaco charity run will take place on May 12, 2024. The event receives prominent support from FC Bayern stars such as Thomas Müller.
For this date, soccer star Thomas Müller quickly changes his sport. He repeatedly throws a ball towards the basketball hoop on the roof of the Bellevue di Monaco social cooperative, in the middle of the Gärtnerplatz district.
FC Bayern President Herbert Hainer also tried his luck - just missed. Günther Sigl from the Spider Murphy Gang then scores confidently. And Mayor Dieter Reiter? He looks and laughs. Community fun. Sure, sport brings people together! Or as Müller later says: “Sport is community.” That’s what May 12th will be about: community, sport, cohesion and democracy.
The big Giro di Monaco charity run will take place again in downtown Munich. The motto: “It only works together”. The goal: to bring 20,000 people, young and old, regardless of background, onto the streets to run together. For a good cause, for an open society, for tolerance. For this purpose, the organizers have brought prominent supporters on board.
Like Dieter Reiter, patron of the run, as well as Herbert Hainer, Thomas Müller and the basketball player Andreas Obst from FC Bayern. The Spider Murphy Gang even wants to play big on the day of the run, which is why frontman Sigl came too. “Munich sticks together. To prove that there are more of us who are against right-wing extremism or anti-Semitism,” says Mayor Reiter. That's why every participant is welcome, no matter how athletic. “You can also go,” says organizer Till Hofmann.
“When you do sport you get incredibly closer to each other”
You can still register – and donate – until the day of the run. How much is up to each individual. The goal is to raise 125,000 euros in donations. But be careful: the Giro shirts that participants receive when registering are limited. So it's worth registering early.
FC Bayern President Herbert Hainer has already done that. “If nothing comes up, I’ll run with you,” he says. It is important to the association to stand up for diversity in society and against exclusion. The Giro di Monaco is perfect for this. “When you play sports, you get incredibly closer to each other, no matter your religion or skin color,” he says. If possible, this should also be transferred to society as a whole, says Hainer. Everyone can do something to stand up for values such as tolerance, adds Thomas Müller. Everyone counts. Unfortunately, he himself probably won't be able to be there on May 12th. He is excused: Bayern is playing against Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga that day.