Alberto Contador and Peter Sagan enjoying themselves at the Giro presentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2016 Giro d'Italia route presentation(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali, Ivan Basso and Alberto Contador(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Brian Cookson at the 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Philippe Gilbert(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Peter Sagan (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ivan Basso says goodbye to racing(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Esteban Chaves(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Marcel Kittel(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tom Dumoulin(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Elia Viviani and Marco Frapporti(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Valverde, Nibali, Basso, Contador and Sagan at the 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Brian Cookson and Renato Di Rocco(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ivan Basso at the Giro presentation(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Peter Sagan (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Peter Sagan at the Giro presentation(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador and Peter Sagan(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ivan Basso at the Giro presentation(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ivan Basso and Stefano Feltrin(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador hugs Ivan Basso after the Italian announced his retirement(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2016 Giro d'Italia route persentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vincenzo Nibali and Alberto Contador flank Ivan Basson(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Damiano Cunego(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The stars of the Giro d'Italia past and future gathered in Milan on Monday to be the first to glimpse the route for the 2016 edition of the race - one that will begin in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands and conclude in Turin and offers up three time trials, seven mountain stages and seven days for the sprinters.
While Alberto Contador, the winner this year, will skip the time-trial heavy parcours and focus his efforts on the Tour de France, Vincenzo Nibali seems to be set to aim for a second Giro victory.
The Italian has been struggling to regain the kind of form that led to his 2010 win in the Corsa Rosa, and after a cancer scare led to his early exit from the Tour de France he decided to hang up his wheels.
Also on hand were Marcel Kittel, who spoke about his move from Giant-Alpecin to Etixx-Quickstep, and new World Champion Peter Sagan, who spoke about how the rainbow jersey may or may not change his year.
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