RCS Sport’s 2022 racing calendar is announced

The Giro d’Italia will take place from 6-29 May.

Strade Bianche and Strade Bianche Women Elite will open RCS Sport’s 2022 racing calendar on 5 March, followed by the Tirreno-Adriatico on 7-13 March. The Milano-Sanremo will be the first Monument Classic, taking place on 19 March, while the Milano-Torino will return to its original spring schedule on the 16 March, placed between the ‘Race of the Two Seas’ and the ‘Classicissima di Primavera’ with Il Giro di Sicilia on 12-15 April.

Il Gran Piemonte and Il Lombardia will take place on 6 and 8 October respectively.

The complete calendar

5 March: Strade Bianche and Strade Bianche Women Elite

7 – 13 March: Tirreno-Adriatico

16 March: Milano-Torino. The oldest race returns to its original place in the spring calendar, providing teams and riders an additional prestigious race between the Tirreno-Adriatico and the Milano-Sanremo.

19 March: Milano-Sanremo

12 – 15 April: Il Giro di Sicilia

6 – 29 May: Giro d’Italia. The 2022 Corsa Rosa will begin on Friday 6 May and observe an additional rest day, for a total of 3 in the race, given the 105th edition’s Grande Partenza from abroad.

6 October: Gran Piemonte

8 October: Il Lombardia