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Matilda Price

'Everything is possible' or 'Genuinely impossible'? – The Giro d'Italia could start in Australia in 2027

The peloton ride past an Australian flag near McLaren Vale during stage four of the Tour Down Under UCI cycling event in Adelaide on January 21 2023 IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE Photo by Brenton EDWARDS AFP IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE Photo by BRENTON EDWARDSAFP via Getty Images.

Reports have emerged that the Giro d'Italia could start in Australia as soon as 2027, in what would be the furthest-flung start for a Grand Tour ever, as foreign departs become more and more ambitious.

After this year's start in Albania, talks of where the Giro could be heading next have already been going on, but the possibility of a visit to Australia was first revealed three days ago by Australian cycling broadcaster Michael Tomalaris.

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