The official ceremony of presentation of participating teams will be held Wednesday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Skënderbej Square, in Tirana.
A month ago on board the Nave Amerigo Vespucci , in the port of Durres, the press conference presenting the Giro had been held, attended by Ogerta Manastirliu ,Minister of Education of Sports and Youth, the mayor of Durres Emiliana Sako, the Commander of Nave Vespucci Captain Giuseppe Lai and the CEO and general manager of Rcs Sports& Events, Paolo Bellino The tricolor and the red flag with black eagles will once again celebrate together an event that increasingly unites two states, two peoples, two histories that have always been intertwined and not always in the right way.
. From Durres to Tirana, through a 164Km route and with a total elevation gain of 1800 meters, there will be a mid-mountain fraction a re-run of the "mountain stage in the city". "Approaching from the coast inland to approach the capital area from the Gracen pass with a final circuit featuring the double climb of Surrel with double-digit gradients in the first part," is how the Giro website describes it.
The next day it will be Tirana's turn to host a 13.7 km individual time trial with 150 meters of elevation gain ,a test for specialists. Fairly high averages are to be expected given the configuration of the very fast roads interspersed only by U-turns or sharp bends that will force a frequent relaunch of speed. In the center of the stage short climb before entering the final.
The third Albanian stage of the Giro d'Italia will take place on May 11 with start and finish in Vlore. It will be a second stage of mid-mountain 160 km long e with 2800 meters of elevation gain. A mixed stage with numerous ups and downs in the first three quarters, as well as two significant climbs with sometimes steep gradients, the second of which is over 10 km above 1000 m. Very long descent to Vlora for a likely sprint finish.
This is the 15th time the Giro d'Italia has started from abroad. Here is a list of the other departures
1965 San Marino, 1966 Monte-Carlo, 1973 Verviers in Belgium, 1974 Vatican City, 1996 Greece: Athens, 1998 France: Nice, 2002 Netherlands: Groningen, 2006 Belgium: Seraing, 2010 Netherlands: Amsterdam, 2012 Denmark: Herning, 2014 Northern Ireland: Belfast, 2016 Netherlands: Apeldoorn, 2018 Israel: Jerusalem, 2022 Hungary: Budapest, 2024
All the more detailed information at https://www.giroditalia.it/
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