The Giro del Centenario that could be something amazing, divorced from past tracks, ideal for celebrating a century of great cycling by Ganna to Girardengo by Binda to Bartali by Coppi to Magni, passing Gimondi, Motta, Taccone, Baronchelli , Saronni - not forgetting Merckx - Bitossi, Hinault, Indurain, Pantani, Bugno and all past winners.

Starting in Venice - the protagonist already years ago thanks to a crazy former owner Torriani (unforgettable cyclists on a foot wide walkways between streets) - with a preliminary time trial on May 9 (Mestre-Venezia), followed by stops in Trieste (and here another Amarcord: remember runners, soon after the war, stoned by the people in the Tour of rebirth?), then grade, Padua (arriving in San Martino di Castrozza) and a first taste of the Dolomites.

Sixth stage with trespassing in Austria - from this year in the roadmap for tourism needs - to reach Innsbruck and then back in Sydney. With the eighth stage to get to Como and then turn to face Torino and the tenth stage, an interesting Cuneo-Sestriere here climbs papabili are different, we speak of Col della Maddalena, Vars, Izoard, Montgenevre ... mythical summits worthy of a centenary of respect.

Rest May 18, followed by 11th stage - Genoa - with an individual time trial and then straight to the Versilia, from Lerici, Florence-Bologna, the arm of the Apennines, to get to Rimini, where you turn to nosedive south through the Marches, Chieti, Sulmona and, gradually, straight to Benevento, Avellino and - surprise - Naples and Vesuvius.

Finally, from Naples and then you are going to Anagni to Rome, to close - really - in beauty. These are all rumors but a tour like this can only make us dream, so forgive any errors and omissions awaiting official confirmation in early December, when the race will be revealed to all, not stealthily, but with great pomp. It deserves.