The next edition of the Giro d'Italia ([ Ссылка ]) will be raced almost entirely in Italy, crossing the border only for one stage finish in the Republic of San Marino. Three Individual Time Trials, six low difficulty stages suitable for sprinters, seven of medium difficulty and five high difficulty stages form next year’s course. There will be a total of seven summit finishes, including the Bologna and San Marino Individual Time Trials.
The Big Start from the Emilia-Romagna capital city and the finish in Verona with its ‘traditional’ arrival in the Arena, are both ITTs. The Cima Coppi (highest mountain of the Giro) will be the Gavia Pass at 2,618 metres above sea level; the Mortirolo will be this edition’s Montagna Pantani; and the Bartali stage will be the Bologna-Fucecchio. Homage will be paid to Fausto Coppi in the centenary of his birth with the finish in Novi Ligure and the Cuneo-Pinerolo stage.
A number of important social and cultural references will be made over the 3,518.5km course. With the finish in L’Aquila, the Giro will commemorate ten years since the earthquake that hit the area at 3:32am on 6 April 2009. The Corsa Rosa will remember people and places that have impacted the peninsula’s history including the genius of Leonardo da Vinci – 500 years after his death – and, in Fucecchio, the journalist, writer and historian Indro Montanelli, 110 years from his birth. The finish in Pesaro will celebrate the great composer Gioacchino Rossini.
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