The city in party dress. Near the finish line in Corso Galileo Ferraris (near Piazzale Grande Torino)in the sports field of the Porcelli barracks, a huge 70×25 meter sheet was placed (visible in the aerial shots) with the writing «Turin loves the Tour»: a tribute to the cycling race with 150 million viewers in Europe alone. The 4,500-person caravan will fill a third of the hotel rooms Turin. The impact on the territory is estimated between 5 and 15 million euros.
The Mole Antonelliana is illuminated in yellow, like the bridges over the Po. The flowerbeds of the center are instead adorned with themed floral compositions, with the use of 14 thousand seasonal plants.
From lights to flashes, those of the sprinters who will compete for victory. The favorite is the Belgian Jasper Philipsen, the best in the world in the specialtywinner of four stages of the Tour last year. His compatriots Wout Van Aert and Arnaud De Lie and the Danish Mads Pedersen will give him a hard time.
The entry of cyclists into Piedmont will take place in Tortona (around 1.10 pm), in memory of Fausto Coppi. Then the steps to Alexandria (1.53pm), Canelli (2.47pm), Barbaresco (3.23pm), Alba (3.36pm), Sommariva Perno (4.00pm) and Vinovo (4.51pm). The entrance to Turinfinally, it will take place from the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, along Corso UnioneSoviet (5.00pm) to travel up to Corso Bramante, where the group will turn left into Corso Lepanto and left again into Corso Galileo Ferraris. Then the glide to the finish line (5.12 pm) in progress Galileo Ferraris, among thousands of celebrating cyclophiles. And tomorrow everyone will be in Pinerolo for the start (1pm) of the stage with the climbs of Sestriere, Monginevro and Galibier before the French finish line in Valloire.
