Fabio Aru (ITA), Mauro Vegni (ITA) Race Director Giro d'Italia and Mario Cipollini (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru on stage at the 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Brian Cookson gave a speech on stage at the 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru at 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali at the 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru at 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru at 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru at 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation featured logo (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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2017 Giro d'Italia presentation - trophy on display (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation - audience awaits to official route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation - Trophy (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation - stage 20 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
iguel Indurain and Mario Cipollini (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation - Pink jerseys on display in the entrance to the presentation. (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Nibali and Aru hold the trophy (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ennio Doris (ITA) Owner RCS Media Group / Miguel Indurain (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Miguel Indurain and Vittorio Adorni (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Giro d'Italia trophy (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mauro Vegni (ITA) Race Director Giro d'Italia on stage at the 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation - trophy (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
100th edition of the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation - Pink jerseys on display in the entrance to the presentation. (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Many of their pink jerseys and those of other winners were on display in the entrance to the presentation - 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Paolo Bellino - Giorgia Palmas - Andrea Montie - 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mario Cipollini and Miguel Indurain shake hands at the 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mario Cipollini and Miguel Indurain at the 2017 Giro d'Italia presentation (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
2017 Giro d'Italia presentation - Miguel Indurain, Vittorio Adorni and Vincenzo Nibali (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The 100th edition of the Italian Grand Tour brought together some of the past champions and stage winners: Miguel Indurain, Mario Cipollini, Felice Gimondi, Giuseppe Saronni, Francesco Moser, Ivan Basso, Fabio Aru and defending champion Vincenzo Nibali, among others.
As the crowd entered the venue, they were treated to a display of pink leader's jerseys worn by riders from previous editions of the Giro d'Italia.
The Grande Partenza will set things off in Sardinia on May 5 in Alghero with a lengthy 203km road race to Olbia, and the overall winner will be crowned three weeks later upon its conclusion following a flat 28km time trial to Milan on May 28.
View full route details, maps and profiles here. Click through the gallery of images from the official presentation above.
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