Further details of Vicenza's bid to host the 2020 World Championships were revealed during the Giro d'Italia's visit to the Veneto region this week, with Piazza San Marco in Venice slated as the site of the start of the men's road race.
The UCI will decide on the host of the 2020 Worlds during next year's World Championships in Bergen, and Vicenza has been particularly active in promoting its candidacy over the past two years.
"We are optimistic and confident; by now Vicenza 2020 is something more than a dream, the project is already in the advanced stages," said Claudio Pasqualin, head of the bid committee. "Through the World Championship project, we aim to promote the Veneto Region as a territory with a strong cycling vocation."
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The men's road race is projected to start on Piazza San Marco and the neutralised zone will wind through the canals of Venice, before reaching kilometre zero on the Ponte della Libertà, the four-kilometre-long bridge that links Venice with the mainland.
After crossing the Veneto region, the peloton will tackle the Worlds circuit around Vicenza. Full details of the planned course are yet to be finalised, but it is expected that it would include the tough climb of Monte Berico, where Philippe Gilbert claimed stage victory at last year's Giro d'Italia.
"We have compiled a considerable dossier, complete with the support of all the authorities involved. We've been meeting a lot with the UCI and we have already reached an agreement with the Italian Cycling Federation," Pasqualin said.
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