‘I gave my life to the Giro’ – Race director Mauro Vegni to retire soon after presenting 2026 Giro d’Italia route

Mauro Vegni will present the route of the Giro d’Italia for the last time in his long, distinguished career on Monday. The 66-year-old race organiser oversaw the design of next year’s race but will retire in February, before it is contested in May.

Vegni’s name may not be widely known in the English-speaking cycling world, but in Italy, his sanguine talents as a veteran race organiser and especially his passionate defence of the Giro and Italian cycling are legendary.