Giro d'Italia will climb Zoncolan and finish in Trieste for 2014

Zoncolan, Giro d'Italia 2010, stage 15

The Giro d'Italia organiser confirmed this afternoon that its 2014 edition will climb Monte Zoncolan's steep pitches and finish, on June 1, at the seaside in Trieste. Organiser RCS Sport, including race director Michele Acquarone, visited Trieste to make the announcement.

"Cycling takes place on the streets of cities, towns and countryside - not indoors - and this gives us wide open spaces to promote the area," Acquarone said in a press statement. "It is unique opportunity: history, tourism, culture. Opportunities for everybody to highlight all the excellence that this area has to offer."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.