The Giro d’Italia 2023 the era of great cycling tours begins with an edition that starts with Abruzzo region for the second time in its history after its first edition in 2001. They are looking forward to twenty-one stages where the mountains will soon be the protagonists in the search for the “pink jersey” this year.
Not only the mountain but also the coronavirus has played a leading role in the Giro. Tobias Foss and Robert Gesink was replaced by Jos van Emden and Rohan Dennis due to the virus before the race, which turned out to be a big setback the Jumbo Visma by Primoz Roglic. The Slovenian lost two guaranteed men before kick-off.
The end of it Tour of Italy 2023 it will be this time in Rome and there the new winner of the Italian round will be crowned. The route has a 70 kilometer time trial that the runners have to face. Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic are the main contenders for the ‘pink jersey’ of the champion, in addition to other great contenders such as Geraint Thomas, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Joao Almeida, and Aleksandr Vlasov.
The 23-year-old Belgian prodigy won the last edition of the The return to Spain. evenepoel has signed off on a good start to the campaign by winning his second Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The 70 kilometers against the clock programmed by the Giro can help the cyclist of Soudal Quick-Step on his wrist to the other candidates.
As always, the high mountains will be noticeable and will be decisive for the resolution of the race. In this edition of the Giro d’Italia 2023 It will have stages above 5,000 meters of altitude with the mountain ranges it has as one of its landmarks.
However, the climbs will not be to Fedaia, or Mortirolo, or Gavia, or Stelvio or Finestre. instead, the Giro 2023 offers a course of extreme hardness in the last week, with more than 50 kilometers against the clock (flat) and a time trial that promises excitement.
There will be very little plateau in these 21 days divided into three weeks. Therefore, it will be difficult for sprinters to shine, who will have few options. The mid-mountain becomes prominent where they will have some tricky stages at Lake Laceno or around. from Bergamoin a new nod to Lombardy twist.
The great efforts of the favorites will be concentrated in the first two weeks. They will focus on two key days such as the individual time trial of the ninth stage in Cesena, as well as the final in the Gran Sasso d’Italiajust two days before and whose closest predecessor takes us to a three-way battle in between Landa and Carapaz in one hand and Nibali and Roglic for others.
In the third week there will be a scary Swiss chained up climb in San Bernardo and Croix de Coeur and ending in Crans Montana. All this will be a prelude before facing, in the sixteenth stage, the ramps of Mount Bondone.
This Tour of Italy 2023 that will have an ending in The Three Peaks of Lavaredo. including scary Giau Pass as the chief judge and will have great hardness. A time trial in hell remains for the final Saturday Mount Lussari (7.3 kilometers at more than 12% average gradient). As the “last” competitive day of the race, it can mean a lot of money for the race to return to its origin.
When will the Giro d’Italia 2023 take place?
The Giro d’Italia 2023 will be held from Saturday May 6 until next Sunday May 28
Where will the Giro d’Italia 2023 be held?
The Giro d’Italia 2023 is able to see through Eurosport in Spain and also on Eurosport channels 1 and 2 available on DAZN. can also be seen of ETB1, regional channel of the Basque Country. Most episodes will be broadcast in full or from a few minutes after the start. You can follow all information about every stage of the race through the Mundo Deportivo website.
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Source: La Verdad
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