Here comes the great day of the Giro dell'Emilia Granarolo, organized by the Gruppo Sportivo Emilia, with the spectacular finish on the San Luca climb that dominates Bologna from above.

Starting from Mirandola, in the Modena area, a novelty of this edition: the men's race will start from Piazza della Costituente at 10:25.

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Many champions are at the start: 149 participants for the Giro dell'Emilia Granarolo. Racing will be, among others, Mexican Isaac Del Toro, second at the Giro d'Italia. With him, in the Uae Team Emirates XRG, also Jay Vine and Adam Yates. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe presents at the start Primosz Roglic, winner of three editions of this race, Aleksandr Vlasov, first in 2020, Giro d'Italia 2022 champion Jay Hindley, Giulio Pellizzari and Modena native Giovanni Aleotti. Bahrain Victorious lines up Pello Bilbao and Antonio Tiberi, in Ef Education – Easypost there's Richard Carapaz, Olympic champion from Tokyo 2020. Ineos Grenadiers features Egan Bernal, winner of Giro and Tour, and Thymen Arensman (two stages in the last Tour de France), while Lidl-Trek presents a team including Tao Geoghegan Hart, first at the 2020 Giro. Among Soudal Quick Step ranks, space for Basque rider Mikel Landa. Among those who have won the Giro dell'Emilia-Granarolo in the past, tomorrow will also race Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Alessandro De Marchi, in a Jayco-Alula with Ben O'Connor. Also racing Ben Tulett (Visma-Lease a Bike), who this year won the Coppi and Bartali International Week, Bologna native Simone Velasco (XDS Astana Team), British Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), recently third at Vuelta and two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Cycling Team), who won the world championship in Imola in 2020.

THE ROUTE
The Giro dell'Emilia Granarolo (108th edition), 199 kilometers and 2650 meters of elevation gain, begins with long flat stretches, ideal terrain for high speeds and first breakaway attempts. Then the race changes face: the climb of San Lorenzo in Collina and Mongardino warm up the legs and prepare for the first true watershed, the long ascent towards Monzuno, with its nine kilometers between regular slopes and harder sections. Following, the short but intense climb of Monte Calvo, the last effort before entering the Bologna circuit.

And there everything will be decided: five ascents of San Luca, just over 3 terrible kilometers, with peaks at 18%. Five passages, five tests of strength that will bring out the champion destined to raise his arms in front of the Sanctuary. Expected finish between 3 and 3:30 PM.

In the attached PDF you will find the list of participants