Giro d’Italia organizer, RCS Sport, is yet to announce the route of the 2015 edition of their biggest cycling event on October 6, but – as always – many rumours are already circulating in the Italian press.

While nothing will be confirmed until Monday, interestingly, Italian media suggest that the 2015 edition of the Giro will consist less mountaintop finishes after this year’s event has been dominated by Colombian climbers Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Rigoberto Uran (Omaga Pharma – Quick Step).

Reportedly, the coastal region of Liguria will host the Grande Partenza of the 98th edition of Italian three-week event. From there, the route should head clockwise down the west coast of the Apennine Peninsula before turning north up the eastern side to reach the Alps, where riders like Alberto Contador – who has already confirmed his participation – and one of the Astana captains, either Fabio Aru or Vincenzo Nibali, will clash for the first time.

According to Italian media, next season’s edition will consist of six – compared to this year’s seven – mountaintop finishes and Abetone, Aprica, Cervinia, or Sestriere all should feature in the event, along with Mortirolo and the Colle delle Finestre. The race is also expected to return to renowned ski resort in Madonna di Campiglio before being reaching its conclusion in Milan.

While it remains to bee seen which Pro Continental units will be granted invitations to participate in the 2015 Giro d’Italia, one of the Italian outfits – the winner of the Coppa Italia, will automatically enter the event.

With three more races to go, Neri Sottoli leads in the competition by 10 points over Bardiani-CSF. However, while the latter squad rode brilliantly in this year’s edition of the Italian Grand Tour to take three stage victories, the former made the spotlight because of positive anti-doping tests returned by Danilo Di Luca, Mauro Santambrogio and Matteo Rabottini last to seasons. Thus, it remains to be seen what to final decision of the race organizers on this matter would be.