Now that he has the rainbow jersey, everyone wants Evenepoel; primarily the Giro d'Italia. How many chances are there? They may not be few. The 2023 Giro will have three time trials . The opening stage is a race against time of 18.4 km from Fossacesia to Ortona, in the hinterland of Pescara, before returning to Abruzzo in stage 7, with an arrival at the top of the Gran Sasso d'Italia. Cycling News writes that another flat time trial, this time around 30km, definitely looks in the track, but it's not entirely clear where. A hypothesis put forward by Tuttobici sees it inserted when passing through Emilia-Romagna, at the beginning of the second week, some local newspapers have mentioned Cesena for a possible stage start. Another possible location - perhaps more likely - is Piedmont. La Gazzetta dello Sport confirmed in March that the Giro would visit Castellania , the hometown of Fausto Coppi , to celebrate the 70th anniversary of his fifth and final victory. Acqui Terme has also applied. Bicisport in recent days was very likely a very interesting stage arrival there. According to some reconstructions, Tuscany would remain outside, despite the interest of Abetone. With the Tour de France 2024 departing from there, the Region's cycling budget is quite worn out. Swiss broadcaster RTS has reported that the Giro will cross Switzerland towards the end of the second week - perhaps in stage 13 - with a top finish in Crans Montana , where Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour with the yellow jersey. Il Corriere di Bergamo reported that the 15th stage could be a sort of miniature Giro della Lombardia, with the climbs of Roncola, Berbenno, Dossena, Zambla Alta and Ganda, all in just 150 km. Someone else talks about Monte Bondone , where Charly Gaul did the feat in 1956: since 2006 it hasn't been seen at the Giro. According to La Tribuna di Treviso there will be an arrival at Passo Cibiana and for the Messaggero Veneto it is certainly a tribute to the victims of the 1963 Vajont dam disaster, starting from Longarone and arriving at the summit of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo , excluded from the map from ten years.

Cyclingnews says that there is " a mouth-watering voice " , that is, that the Giro crosses the Campolongo Pass, the Falzarego Pass, the Colle Santa Lucia, the Selva di Cadore, the Giau Pass and the Tre Croci Pass before the Three Peaks. Before a last time trial scheduled in Friuli on the final weekend, on the Slovenian border, to entice one between Roglic and Pogačar to sign up.

This is the menu offered to Evenepoel to convince him to resist the pressing of the Tour de France. The Giro presents its route in two weeks. We'll see if the Giro's Italian menu will be succulent enough to make King Remco surrender.

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