Giro d’Italia 2021 to start from Budapest
Giro d’Italia, the prestigious annual multiple-stage cycling race, will set off from Budapest on May 6 next year, director of RCS Sport, the organiser of the event, said on Wednesday.
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Hungary will host three out of the 21 stages of what is generally considered one of the top three cycling races of the world, Paolo Bellino told a news conference.
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The teams will be presented on Heroes’ Square on May 4,
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with the actual race starting with a 195-stage via Szekesfehervar and Esztergom to VisegrĂ¡d two days later.
The second stage will be a 9.2 kilometre time session in the heart of Budapest, from Heroes’ Square to Buda Castle, on the following day.
The last stage in Hungary will start from KaposvĂ¡r, in south-western Hungary, with the cyclists covering 201 kilometres through Nagykanizsa, Badacsony and Tihany to BalatonfĂ¼red.
Hungary was to have hosted the “Grande Partenza”–the start–of the 2020 Giro d’Italia, but the race was postponed because of the pandemic.
The second stage will be a 9.2 kilometre time session in the heart of Budapest, from Heroes’ Square to Buda Castle, on the following day.
The last stage in Hungary will start from KaposvĂ¡r, in south-western Hungary, with the cyclists covering 201 kilometres through Nagykanizsa, Badacsony and Tihany to BalatonfĂ¼red.
Hungary was to have hosted the “Grande Partenza”–the start–of the 2020 Giro d’Italia, but the race was postponed because of the pandemic.
Source: MTI
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