TV | 02/05/2024 | 10.17am
Taken on Saturday 4 May from the very elegant Savoy palace of Venaria Reale the one hundred and seventh edition of the Giro d’Italiawhich after over three thousand kilometers will end on Sunday 26 May at the last finish line in Rome, passing from the Sanctuary of Oropa (one of the historic climbs of Pantani) to the dirt roads of Volterra, from the time trials of Foligno and Desenzano del Garda to the Cima Coppi sul Passo of the Stelvio, from Pompeii to the Prati di Tivo, up to the grand alpine finale of Livigno and the double climb of Monte Grappa.
They will be 21 stages live in full on Eurosport 1 and live-streaming on Discovery+ with the comment of Luca Gregorio, Riccardo Magrini, Moreno Moser, Wladimir Belli and the two-time winner Alberto Contador sent to the streets of the Corsa Rosa in the company of his stainless colleague Jens Voigtwho participated in seventeen consecutive editions of the Tour de France, and the British Adam Blythe involved in the Giro for three years.
Among the exclusive comments of Philippe Gilbert and the winner of 12 stages of the Giro Robbie McEwenformer Italian rider Daniel Oss, classics specialist and two-time team world champion, also joins the authoritative team of cycling champions, who today are talent experts of Eurosport Home of Cycling.
The world champion and 5 Monumento Classics Philippe Gilbert, winner of 3 stages at the Giro d’Italia: «To be successful here you have to be a really good rider, because there are many technical finishes and many curves in the last kilometres. The history of the Corsa Rosa was written by extraordinary champions, by Fausto Coppi and Marco Pantani, who were legends for all of us. It’s nice to be back here to share my experience with the general Eurosport public and closely follow the evolution of cycling with this new generation of phenomena.”
After each stage, there is space for the Giro 360 in the studio with Giulia Cicchinè and her guests live on the Eurosport Italia YouTube channel. The Giro d’Italia kicks off a spectacular summer of cycling on Warner Bros. Discovery channels and platforms, with the Tour de France live in full, the Vuelta di Spagna exclusively in Italy and all the Olympic races of all disciplines of Paris 2024 cycling between July 27 and August 11: track, BMX, mountain bike and road.
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