"Organizing a route for the race every year is a challenge because we have to make sure there is no conflict on the roads we will use and in the communities we will pass through," Bellino told Xinhua. "This year we will have done it twice since most of the first route we chose cannot be used. We'll reveal the route for this year's race in June."
Bellino said it was a matter of pride for organizers not to cancel the race outright, something that has not happened since 1945, the year that marked the end of World War II.
"There will be no bike racing until August," Bellino said. "That means we have to condense a seven-month season into less than three months. All of the great races have great traditions. So far, no major professional European bicycle race has been canceled. We never entertained the idea of canceling or shortening the race."
Without a doubt, the racing calendar will be crowded. Traditionally, the Giro d'Italia is the first of the three great European three-week races, followed by the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana (all three names translated from Italian, French, and Spanish to the "Tour of" followed by the host country Italy, France, or Spain).
But this year, the shuffled calendar will result in the Tour de France happening first, followed by the Giro d'Italia, and then the Vuelta a Espana. In fact, the final two races will overlap: a slightly shortened version of the Spanish race will run on Oct. 20-Nov. 8, starting five days before the Giro d'Italia concludes. The Italian race will also overlap with the 118th edition of the one-day Paris-Roubaix race, one of Europe's oldest races, which was moved from April 12 to Oct. 25, the final day of the Giro d'Italia.
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