Amazing debut of 107th edition of the Giro d’Italia was conducted in Trento Social Theaterin an act that includes the review of Vincenzo Nibalidouble champion of ‘Corsa Rosa’, and also had the privilege of having cyclists of such caliber as Pippo Ganna, Peter Sagan or the last two test winners, the Australian Jay Hindley (2022) and the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (2023). A route where the first three stages are already known in detail after it promoted the sporting proposal on Monday and remains faithful to the tradition of Italian cycling, although as pointed out Mauro Vegni, director of the Giro d’Italiathose responsible for the route passed the scissors and measured the efforts of the cyclists well.
So, this year the stages generally don’t have such a long mileage, a way of making the house brand, they have reduced the mountain hardness a bit, there is 20% less gradient compared to this year, and this We have tried it. to ensure that the second week will not strain the strength of the cyclists so that the spectacle and the uncertainty of the result can be maintained until the end.
Marked with emotion and tribute
It is already known that for the fourth time in its history the Giro will start Piedmont on May 4, initially filled with a high dose of emotion. First in the first phase, because that date corresponds to the day in 1949 when the Airplane of the Torino football clubdel ‘Toro’, fell to Basilica of Supergawith 31 deaths, 18 of them players, an accident that went down in history as the Super tragedy. It is also known that the next day comes the first arrival above, at Oropa Sanctuary, in one of the most memorable achievements of ‘The Pirate’ Marco Pantani who won this summit 25 years ago after solving a mechanical breakdown.
What was not known until this Friday is that the Giro will have two individual time trials (in the 7th stage, of 37.2 km and in the 14th, of 31 kilometers), that in the sixth stage the sections will return of ‘sterrato’, the dirt tracks where the beautiful Street Bianche and the three main stages are the 15th, 16th (where the Cima Coppithe roof of the Giro, in classic Stelvio Pass7.2% to 14%) and the 20th).
Fireworks for those who love the impossible will come in the 15th episode which has already ended Mottolino, on the 16th on arrival at Arrow Mountainon the 17th with promotion to Brocon Pass and in the decisive one on May 25, on the penultimate day in the double climb to Mount Grappawhere the final podium of the Giro will decide.
THE 21 STAGE OF 2024 GIRO
1st stageMay 4: Venaria Reale-Torino, 136 km
2nd stageMay 5: San Francesco al Campo-Santuario di Oropa, 150 km
third stage, May 6: Novara-Fossano, 165 km
4th stageMay 7: Acqui Terme-Andora, 187 km
5th stageMay 8: Genoa-Lucca, 176 km
6th stageMay 9: Viareggio-Rapolano Terme, 177 km
7th stageMay 10: Foligno-Perugia, 37.2 km (time trial)
8th stageMay 11: Spoleto-Prati di Tivo, 153 km
9th stageMay 12: Allezzano-Naples, 206 km
Rest dayMay 13th
10th stageMay 14: Pompeii-Cusano Mutri (Bocca della Selva), 141 km
11th episodeMay 15: Foiano di Val Fortore-Francavilla al Mare, 203 km
12th periodMay 16: Martinsicuro-Fano, 183 km
13th episodeMay 17: Riccione-Cento, 179 km
14th episodeMay 18: Castiglione delle Stiviere-Desenzano del Garda, 31 km (time trial)
15th episodeMay 19: Manerba del Garda-Livigno (Mottolino), 220 km
Rest day20th of May
16th episode, May 21: Livigno-Santa Cristina Val Gardena (Monte Pana), 202 km
17th episodeMay 22: Selva di Val Gardena-Brocon pass, 154 km
18th episodeMay 23: Fiera di Primiero-Padua, 166 km
19th episodeMay 24: Mortegliano-Cima Sappada, 154 km
20th episodeMay 25: Alpago-Bassano del Grappa, 175 km
21st episodeMay 26: Rome-Rome, 126 km
A trip that was terrifying Peter Sagan -“good luck and I’m retired”- that Pippo Ganna is defined as “difficult”, and where Broken The first stage stood at the end in Turin due to the heat of the fans, the first time counting and the penultimate in Mount Grappa: “a very difficult day, key to the Giro.”
A penultimate round that also highlighted this year’s champion, a shy one Primoz Roglic which has not confirmed his presence in the 2024 race, with the Belgian already dropping out Remco Evenepoel want to deal with the painhe is the Tour de France and where the Slovenian can sign up Tadej Pogacar. We’ll see if the route presented on this Friday the 13th appeals to you.
Source: La Verdad
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