Giro to end in Milan

Milan is a traditional finishing point but was overlooked this year after a debacle in 2009, when riders refused to race because of unsafe tramlines and parked cars in a mid-race stage.

The rest of the 2011 route will be announced in due course.

Talks are ongoing for the world's second biggest stage race, which has been dogged by doping scandals in recent years, to start in Washington, United States, in 2012.