The route of the 2017 Giro d'Italia will be officially unveiled in Milan next Tuesday but some stage details have emerged in local media in Italy, confirming that the route will celebrate its 100th edition by revisiting many of the climbs that have made the Italian Grand Tour so legendary.
The Blockhaus climb in central Apennines is likely to host the first mountain finish of the race before the important mid-race time trial will be in Umbria, through the Sagrantino vineyards. A double assault of the Stelvio is expected in the final week, with another finish in Oropa where Marco Pantani won in 1999, before heading to the Dolomites for the finale.
Despite rumours that Rome or even Venice may host the final stage, it is almost certain that the winner of the Giro d'Italia in 2017 will be crowned in Milan's Piazza Duomo with a short final time trial stage, as in 2012 when Ryder Hesjedal became the first Canadian winner. Milan is the traditional location for the finish and the home to La Gazzetta dello Sport and organiser RCS Sport.
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Sardinia for Aru, Sicily for Nibali
RCS Sport has already confirmed that the Corsa Rosa will start in Sardinia on Friday May 5 with a road race stage from Alghero to Olbia in the north of the island. Stage 2 heads down the eastern coast and finish in Tortoli. Stage 3 finishes in Cagliari, with the race caravan transferring by ferry to Sicily on an early rest day for the second phase of the race.
It will be third time in the Giro's history that Sardinia has hosted the start of the race, after 1991, when Philippe Casado won the opening stage, and 2007, when Liquigas won the team time trial in La Maddalena and Enrico Gasparotto pulled on the first pink jersey.
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