The route for the 2024 Giro d’Italia was unveiled on Friday evening at the Teatro Sociale as part of the Trento Sports Festival, with two-time winner Vincenzo Nibali serving as the show host and 2023 winner Primož Roglič among the major pro riders in attendance as the 3,321km course was revealed.
The big names joining Roglič in Trento to learn details of the 107th edition of the Corsa Rosa were his future Bora-Hansgrohe teammate and 2022 Giro champion Jai Hindley, Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), who has six career stage wins at the Giro and Peter Sagan, winner of two stages at the Giro d’Italia and Maglia Ciclamino in 2021.
Race organisers RCS Sport, who recently took over management of the women’s stage race, also officially launched the rebranded eight-day event as the Giro d’Italia Women and announced that it will take place from July 7-14, 2024.
Before the men took the spotlight, Italian WorldTour riders Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) and Letizia Paternoster (Jayco AlUla) joined RCS Sport CEO Paolo Bellino on the stage. They watched as a video celebrating women cyclists was played in the theatre, and the new trophy for the Giro d’Italia Women was unveiled, an infinity loop design for the Endless Trophy. Bellino confirmed a separate ceremony will be held in the next month to unveil the women’s course.
Longo Borghini and Paternoster both delivered their reactions to the new trophy and the buildup for next year’s women’s Giro. Paternoster, a track world champion in 2021, said “2024 will be an important year, also for those who, like me, are racing on both road and track. The Giro d’Italia Women will be important in view of Paris 2024 and we are sure that RCS Sport will organise a great event”.
Longo Borghini – the reigning Italian road champion who has twice been on the final overall podium at the Giro Donne – said she was moved by the design and wanted to hold the trophy as the champion.
“This is an important day for women’s cycling. It’s a great first time, a further step forward for our movement. My ambition is to win this trophy. I guess it will be a dream for all of us”.
The unique Trofeo Senza Fine was next brought onto the stage, showcasing the names of the winners of the Giro across the last 106 race editions. The editor of Gazzetto dello Sport was joined on stage by Italian racing star Nibali, who helped unveil the 21 stages, segmenting the presentation for each week of the race. In 2024 the event will wind…
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