ROME (AP) — Next year’s Giro d’Italia will start with three stages in Bulgaria and will likely be decided in the Dolomites before the mostly ceremonial finish in Rome.
The route for the 109th Giro, scheduled for May 8-31, was presented in Rome on Monday.
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