PREVIEW | Giro di Sicilia 2023 stage 1

Preview. Stage 1 of the Giro di Sicilia will be an interesting day, suited to the puncheurs but tough enough to open up the fight for the overall classification.

Stage 1 of the race will be an interesting start. A mostly flat stage through the western coast of the island, but with a tough finale. Into Agrigento, the puncheurs and climbers will come to the fore. The summit finish is 3.8 kilometers long at 5.3%.

Estimated start and finish times for Giro di Sicilia stage 1: 11:35 - 15:30CET

*** Alexey Lutsenko, Diego Ulissi
** Damiano Caruso, Rafal Majka, Vincenzo Albanese
* Louis Meintjes, Walter Calzoni, Kobe Goossens, Simone Pettili, Felix Engelhardt

Pick: Diego Ulissi