originally Planned in Budapest in Hungary, the Grand départ of the Tour of Italy will be from Sicily on October 3, confirmed on Friday that the organiser RCS Sport. Sicily, which had launched the Giro since 2008, will host the first four steps.

The Tour of Italy will start on the 3rd of October by an against-the-shows of 16 kilometres, between Monreale and Palermo. The next day, a day of 150 km awaits the peloton between Alcamo and Agrigento.