The winner of the first stage in this
year's Giro d'Italia will get a 3D reproduction of a necklace
that once adorned Kha, the famed architect of the XVII dynasty
of Egyptian Pharaohs, whose mummy is kept in Turin's
world-famous Egyptian Museum, organisers said two days ahead of
the start of the 107th edition of the world's second biggest
grand tour in the northern Italian city on Saturday.
"It will be a special gift from the museum," said the president
of the ancient Egyptian foundation, "on the 200th anniversary of
its opening".
The first stage of the biggest stage race after the Tour de
France and ahead of the Vuelta a Espana will wind its way from
the ancient savoy hunting lodge of Venaria Reale to the hill of
Superga overlooking Turin, on the 75th anniversary of the
Superga Disaster plane crash that wiped out the Grande Torino
football team.
The Giro finishes on 26 May in Rome.
There are two individual time trial stages and 4 stages longer
than 200 km.
Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar, a two-time Tour de France winner
(2020-21), is the pre-race favorite while 2023 Giro runner-up
Geraint Thomas, who won the 2018 Tour, returns also.
Both riders have expressed the intention to attempt a Giro-Tour
double
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