The official route for the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia is due to revealed on Tuesday, October 25 in Milan. However, one day ahead of the official presentation, what appeared to be the stages maps and profiles appeared on several Italian websites after Italian journalist Michele Bufalino – who revealed details of one of the first-ever hidden motors, and the Cicloweb site discovered the maps on the official race website.
By tweaking web page addresses, the two managed to discover the hidden pages and quickly published the maps and profiles, revealing the true severity of the 2017 race.
The 2017 Giro d'Italia will begin in Alghero on May 5 and finish with a flat 28km time trial to Milan on May 28.
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In between, there are numerous mountainous stages that will produce a challenging Giro d'Italia. Two time trials on stage 10 in Umbria and stage 21 to Milan are expected to temper the climbing but the maglia rosa will surely be won or lost in the mountains come next May.
A taste of the climbing will begin as early as stage 2 with a 208km lumpy route from Olbia to Tortoli, but the leaked details suggest there are six mountaintop finishes along with five other generally mountainous stages for a route that will see the peloton racing over the Blockhaus, Mortirolo, Stelvio, Monte Grappa, Pordoi, among others.
The real climbing will begin in Sicily on stage 4. The stage will begin in Cefalù and finish 180km later on the slopes of Etna, at the 1,892m Sapienza Rifugio, after passing a mid-race ascent over the Portella Femmina Morta. It seems perfect for Vincenzo Nibali to send his local fans wild.
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