2023-09-27 14:00:13
Published on September 27, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Mathieu Warnier
While the organizers of the Giro are due to unveil the route for the 2024 edition on October 13, the first rumors suggest that the race will be launched in Turin, with the second stage ending in the mountains.
The Giro organizers might reshuffle the cards. On October 13, they will lift the veil on the route of the 2024 edition of the Tour of Italy, with the starting city which will be revealed four days before. However, as is often the case with Grand Tours, rumors multiply before the presentation of the route that will be taken by the runners. According to the Italian press, Turin and its suburbs should host the Grand Départ of the Giro on May 4 for the second time in four years, while Belgium or even Morocco have often been cited as hosting the event. More precisely, there is talk of a stage linking Venaria Reale, which hosted the Grand Départ in 2011, and the center of Turin without the format, time trial or road race being specified. If it is certain that the initial course will not be demanding, the situation should change very quickly.
Oropa to make the first deviations?
Indeed, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Marco Pantani’s victory at the summit of the Sanctuary of Oropa, the Giro should face twelve kilometers of ascent at an average of 6.2% from the finish of the second stage. This climb located near Bielle has no longer been on the Tour of Italy program since the success of Tom Dumoulin, then wearer of the pink jersey in 2017. Piedmont should also be the scene of the third stage while the rest of the route might be concentrated on the northern part of Italian territory, with Genoa being the southernmost point reached throughout the three weeks. A time trial of around thirty kilometers should mark the second week when Monte Grappa, a climb of almost 20 kilometers long at an 8% average, would be one of the last justices of the peace, two days before the final finish. A course whose details are awaited by the candidates for the pink jersey in a year 2024 which should be marked by a battle of leaders on the Tour de France, before the Olympic race in Paris.
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