Giro d’Italia organizers have rejected a proposal that the planned 750km trip to Rome for the 2023 race’s final parade stage is environmentally unfriendly. damage to the environment.
The 2023 Giro d’Italia will cover 3448km in a three-week race around the Bel Paese. The final time His trial will take place in Montrussari, in northeastern Italy, before the racing entourage heads to the capital city of Rome, some 750km south, for the final circuit stage. Riders and staff travel by charter flight, with hundreds of team and race vehicles potentially traveling for extended periods of time.
The 2023 Giro d’Italia was expected to end in Trieste in the northeast, but in the end Rome was chosen, apparently for economic reasons and a three-year contract with the capital.
In this year’s Stage 10, climate change protesters canceled the Tour de France. There is a growing debate about the footprint of professional cycling and what can and should be done about it.
Begni dismissed questions about the final 750 km transfer to Rome.
“I don’t think one charter flight from northern Italy to Rome is worse than thousands of scheduled flights every day. What’s the solution? Stop flying? It’s a fruitless debate. I think,” Begni said. cycling news.
“There are so many ways we can respect and help the environment. It’s not just taking one less flight or one more flight. must be determined.”
While RCS Sport uses and recycles some electric vehicles, the Giro d’Italia caravan carries hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people across Italy.
Begni emphasized that the Giro d’Italia is much smaller than the Tour de France and other major sporting events, with less travel between stages.
“We have kept transfers to a minimum, except for the final transfer to Rome. We are also working on recycling and have done a lot to help the environment. We always do more We can, but I think we’re doing a lot,” he insisted.
Begni was also dismissive of the annual debate over whether or not Grand Tour competitors will compete in the 2023 Giro d’Italia.
A 70.6km time trial seems to be the way to get Remco Ebenepoel and possibly Primoš Roglić into the 2023 Giro d’Italia, but the mountain stages are also grueling. Vegni naturally cares more about his race than his rider.
“I think Remco will be able to ride the Giro next year, but I have to admit that I’m a little tired of talking about who’s going to ride the Giro and who’s not. It’s not about cycling.” he said.
“Riders come and go, and there are still great races like the Giro d’Italia, the Tour and the Vuelta. It is the race that makes a rider famous, not the other way around. Winner of this year’s Tour de France If Jonas Bingegaard hadn’t won, no one would be talking about him as much on the Tour as he is now.
Despite the Tour de France being far more important in the sport, Vegni proudly considers the Giro d’Italia the most difficult of the three Grand Tours.
“I have nothing against other races, but the Giro is widely considered to be the most difficult of all the Grand Tours.
“Other races may have more pressure, more attention and more expectations, but the Giro comes second when it comes to the beauty and difficulty of the route.
The Giro is a combination of two elements. Not only is it a great race, it also showcases the beauty, culture and lifestyle of Italy. Cycling is a unique combination of sport and culture. ”
