MILAN, Italy -- Next years Giro dItalia will honour the 10th anniversary of Marco Pantanis death with several stages dedicated to the Italian climber. Custom Philadelphia 76ers Jerseys . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. Stage 8 from Foligno to Montecupiolo will include the Carpegna climb where Pantani used to train, and uphill finishes in Oropa (stage 14) and Montecampione (stage 15) will recall two of his well-known victories in the race. Pantani won both the Giro and Tour de France in 1998. He was found dead in a hotel room on Valentines Day in 2004, and a coroner ruled he died from cocaine poisoning. There are eight stages for sprinters, three time trials -- including a team time trial to open the race -- and 10 mountain legs. Gazzetta dello Sport editor Andrea Monti handled the presentation since Giro director and RCS Sport general manager Michele Acquarone is suspended during an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of at least (euro)13 million ($17.7 million). The Gazzetta is controlled by RCS Media Group, which organizes the Giro. Vincenzo Nibali, this years Giro champion, attended the presentation, although he has indicated he may skip the race next year to focus on the Tour de France. Organizers said that Joaquin Rodriguez, who leads the UCI WorldTour rankings after winning the Il Lombardia classic Sunday, will ride the Giro. Also expected back are two-time Giro winner Ivan Basso and Cadel Evans, who won the 2011 Tour de France. Basso had to withdraw just before the start of this years Giro due to a cyst on his backside. This years Tour winner Chris Froome has indicated he will not ride the Giro, while the status of 2008 winner Alberto Contador remains uncertain, as does that of Bradley Wiggins, the 2012 Tour champion who withdrew midway through this years Giro. The race will open with a 21.7-kilometre (13.5-mile) team time trial in Belfast. Stage 2 will also start and end in Belfast, while the third leg goes from Armagh to Dublin. After a rest day and transfer back to Italy, the race resumes in southern Italy with a stage ending in Bari. Stage six in central Italy heads up to Monte Cassino, the site of a major World War II battle. The races first individual time trial comes on stage 12 with a 46.4 (28-mile) route from Barbaresco to Barolo that honours two of Italys best-known wines. The grueling Stelvio climb is back after it couldnt be used this year due to bad weather. It will come in the 16th leg from Ponte di Legno to Val Martello. Stage 19 is another individual time trial, a 26.8-kilometre (16.7-mile) leg from Bassano del Grappa to Cima Grappa. The penultimate stage 20 is expected to be the races toughest, capped by a super-steep finish up Monte Zoncolan, before the flat finish in the northeastern port city of Trieste. Philadelphia 76ers Shirts . Or how his team has defended Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Or just about anything that has happened on the court in the first-round playoff series. Instead, Rivers and his players spent Saturday talking about how they would respond to an audio recording of a man identified as Clippers owner Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to games. Philadelphia 76ers Gear .28 for a combined time of 1:14.70, also an Olympic record. Lee won the gold medal, defending her title from the Vancouver Games. https://www.cheap76ers.com/ . Patrick Sharp scored twice and Patrick Kane, Bryan Bickell and Nick Leddy also connected to lead Chicago to a 5-2 win over the Devils on Monday night.Two-times grand slam champion Lleyton Hewitt has opted out of his role as coach of the Australian mens tennis team at the Rio Olympics for personal reasons. Hewitts withdrawal is another blow for Australias prospects at Rio after top-ranked players Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic withdrew themselves from consideration.Tennis Australia had applied to the Australian Olympic Committee to replace Hewitt with former professional Mark Draper. Bernard Tomic has also said he will not be making the trip to Rio Hewitts agent and Tennis Australia were unable to be reached for comment. Cheap 76ers Jerseys. Thanasi Kokkinakis and John Millman are representing Australia in the mens singles at Rio, with John Peers and Chris Guccione in the doubles. Also See: Kyrgios a Rio no-go Tomic not available Olympics homepage Latest tennis headlines ' ' '
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