11/7/2009

BRIEF-Cycling-Washington interested in Giro d' Italia stage

MILAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Washington could one day host the opening stage of the Giro d' Italia, race director Angelo Zomegnan said on Wednesday.

The three-week race, traditionally all around Italy, will begin in Amsterdam next May and organisers are looking even further afield for future starting points.

“For a while we’ve had in mind the idea of starting the Giro in America. Now, there is concrete interest from Washington,” Zomegnan told Gazzetta dello Sport, whose publishers run the Giro.

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