Giro d’Italia owners RCS have confirmed that next year’s 109th edition of the corsa rosa will start in Bulgaria. After recent starts in Hungary and, this year, in Albania, the race will head east again.
Speaking at the Festival dello Sport in Trento, Italy, RCS president Urbano Cairo verified rumours that had been circulating for some months about the location for the opening days of the 2026 edition. "In May, we started from Albania, and next year from Bulgaria," said Cairo, who was explaining how organising starts outside Italy add value to the event at home as well as abroad.
