Effective Sunday, July 7, the Giro d'Italia Donne will officially be renamed the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women, with new race organizer RCS Sport taking over the running of the race under a four-year contract through 2027.

The 2024 Giro d'Italia Women will run from July 7-14, shortening the race from 10 days to 8 days.

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) won the 2023 Giro d'Italia Donne, her fourth overall win in a 16-year career. This year, she will not return to contend for the title as she enjoys retirement, leaving the door open for the women of the Giro d'Italia.

The Giro d'Italia Women will be broadcast in Europe and around the world, with two hours of live coverage of all nine stages.

The Giro d'Italia women's race is contested over eight stages covering 856 km from Brescia to L'Aquila in Abruzzo.

Notable riders in the 2024 Giro d'Italia women's race will include Mavi Garcia, teammate Elisa Longo Borghini, Gaia Rialini, Lizzie Deignan, Juliette Labusse, teammates Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig and Marta Cavalli and others would be mentioned.

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The 2024 Giro d'Italia women will be broadcast by Max in the US. Subscriptions for this service are $10/month or $100/year with ads, $16/$150 without ads, and $200/year for the "Ultimate" package, which includes additional available devices and 4K resolution. 2024 Giro d'Italia Women will be broadcast by Canada's FloBikes will televise the event. Subscription to this streaming service will cost CAN$150 per year or CAN$29.99 per month.

The 2024 Giro d'Italia women's eight stages will be broadcast by Eurosport and by Discovery+ in the UK, Europe, and some other regions. including Eurosport's cycling coverage Discovery+'s " Standard" subscription is £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year.

Live streaming starts at 12:50 CEST.

The Giro d'Italia women will be broadcast by Eurosport, with live streaming of each stage from 12:50 CEST to 13:50 CEST, and highlights will follow the men's Tour de France on Eurosport 1 cable TV from 18:00 CEST. Hosted by.

It will be broadcast in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Greek, Czech, Serbian, Bulgarian, Turkish, and Portuguese.

In Italy, RAI guarantees the television coverage, which is broadcast on two channels, Rai Sport and Rai 2.

Rai will broadcast the last two hours of the competition. From 12:35 to 14:00 CET on Rai Sport and from 14:00 to 14:50 CET on Rai 2.

Note, however, that regional restrictions may apply if you are out of the country or on vacation during the Giro d'Italia Donne.

If you are outside your region and need to access a live streaming service to watch the event, access may be regionally restricted.

In this case, a VPN service is useful, which makes it appear as if your computer is at home, allowing you to log into your streaming account and catch all of the race action.

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