(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 01 - Twenty-one stages for 3498 km will mark the 103rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, in an unprecedented autumnal season (the subtitle in the press conference is Pink October Hunt) from 3 October with departure from Monreale to 25 with arrival in Milan, after the postponement for the Covid emergency.
A version in full compliance with the health plan between safety protocols, masks, spacing and a reduced possibility for the public to watch the race live.
LaRai takes the field to tell it, as usual with a network of appointments between TV, radio, and digital, for over 180 hours of transmission, including live coverage, news reports, tributes (among others to Sergio Zavoli, Fiorenzo Magni and Marco Pantani) , pills from the past.
The Giro d'Italia "has always been a moment of joy and national union and this year, in my opinion, will have an even more particular value, because we all want to start again", said the president of Rai at the presentation of the public service schedule for the race. Marcello Foa.
I think this "all-Italian edition, from Sicily to Milan, which runs through the island, is also a spot for the whole country, at a tourism level - adds Urbano Cairo, president of Cairo Communication, RCS MediaGroup and of the TorinoFootball Club. a very beautiful and demanding Giro in which great champions will participate, from our Vincenzo Nibali to Sagan who is finally coming to compete ".
The live account of the stages of the Giro on Rai2 at 2 pm will have Andrea De Luca and cycling champion Gianni Bugno as main voices.
The cycling day, curated by the editor-in-chief Filippo Corsini, will be an integral part of the schedule of Rai Radio1 and Rai Radio1 Sport, and will have ample space on Rai Radio2 and Rai Play Radio.
There will also be the Giro digital with RaiPlay where, in addition to the integral stages being available a few minutes from the end of the race, it will be possible to find focus on the present and the past of the stage race.
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