Tour suggestion for Veneto E Nibali leaves

Tour de France suggestion for the Marca (or Veneto). The most important stage race in the world was brought up during the launch conference of the Granfondo Pinarello by Ivan Piol, the soul of the Feltre Pedal and well-established collaborator of Fausto Pinarello for the July happening: “There are rumors about the Tour de France », lets slip, without going into specifics. Confirmations from the Treviso cycling environment do not arrive, it is possible that we are working behind the scenes. Rumors refer to an interest of Emilia Romagna for the Grande Boucle: that Veneto (with Treviso) try to engage? However, the combination of the Marca with the Tour is not new: nine years ago the great-granddaughter of art Eleonora Bottecchia had tried it, dreaming of the Great Departure from our region (Conegliano was also involved), but then it all ended in the attic. As for the current Boucle, after the rest day we leave today with the Pas de la Casa-Saint-Gaudens (169 km) and Pogacar increasingly undisputed king. Meanwhile Vincenzo Nibali leaves the Tour, as already known for days, to prepare for the Olympic test on July 24th. (m.t.)