Giro d’Italia 2023 will start on May 6 from the US region. abruzzoWith an individual time trial of 18.4 km Costa dei Trabocchiwith departure Fosacesia Marina until ortonalmost entirely by bike path, as explained by the organization at the presentation ceremony held at the Renzo Piano Auditorium in L’Aquila.
second stage, I love you a San Salvowould suit sprinters in the peloton. The next day, the cyclists Size, leave the Abruzzo region and head south. The seventh stage will conclude at the Gran Sasso d’Italia (Campo Imperatore).
Abruzzo will host a high-level event for the fourth consecutive year. Stage winners of the previous two final stages, Egan Bernal, at Campo Felice in 2021 and Jay Hindley They won the Giro d’Italia at Blockhaus in 2022.
The presentation of the teams, which will be held a few days before the start, will be held in the city center of Pescara. Piazza Salotto.
It will be the second time the Giro d’Italia has started from Abruzzo. in 2001 Rik Verbrugghe Montesilvano won the Marina-Pescara time trial with an average speed of 58,874 km/h, which is still unbeaten.
Mauro VegniThe director of the Giro d’Italia noted the special relationship of the pink race with the region of Abruzzo, “which has always been a land of cycling”.
“Abruzzo will have three phases It is very natural and suitable for all runners. The first time trial will cross the Costa dei Trabocchi, the second stage will be suitable for sprinters, and the seventh most interesting of this Grande Partenza will end in Gran Sasso,” he said.