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The Giro d’ Italia will start in Israel next year.This was confirmed by a spokesman for Israeli Sports Minister Miri Regev of the AFP news agency:”We are proud to host the Giro,”he said.It is the first time that one of the three major national tours (Tour, Giro, Vuelta) has been launched outside Europe.

Details of the 101.The 10th edition of the Corsa Rosa will be presented next Monday in the presence of Spain’s withdrawn cycling star Alberto Contador.There had been speculation about the giro start in Israel since the summer.According to the report, an individual time trial in the old town of Jerusalem and two further stages in Israel are planned.

The opening of the second most important cycling race in the world after the Tour de France is the biggest sporting event in Israel’s history.The tour of Italy started twelve times in the past, most recently in 2016 in the Netherlands and 2014 in Northern Ireland.

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