The dust is starting to settle. This week we got quite a lot more news, that seem to tell roughly the same story.
The penultimate weekend is gonna be in Lombardy. Theoretically, stage 14 should finish in Montecampione, while stage 15 will go to Valtellina (probably Montespluga). This kinda rules out any involvement of Sicily... it's simply not possible to start in Piedmont, reach Sicily and then get back to Lombardy in two weeks. So I suppose there is no Sicily and the Tourism Councillor talked bs. From Lombardy, they will probably go to Trentino after the rest day. This stage is still the biggest question mark on the route. Nothing came out from there yet, but there have to be 1-2 stages there. As for the finale, today a Slovenian outlet claimed that the Grado - Gorizia stage (which could likely cross the border) will happen on the last friday, so stage 19. There are only two stages left to place, Zoncolan and Tre Cime di Lavaredo... reaching Grado from either of the two is quite awkward, but in that case the Zonc stage would be the prime candidate for stage 18, with the Tre Cime happening on stage 20, as it has been rumoured lately. And if the Zonc is on stage 18 I expect stage 17 to be somewhere in Südtirol. Does anybody have any news from there?
So here is my new draft. All in all, I feel like we are still missing something big.
1: Torino ITT
2: ??? - Verbania
3: Borgomanero? - Alba?
4: ??? - ??? (Emilia)
5: ??? - Pontedera?
6: Sesto Fiorentino - Gaiole in Chianti OR Montalcino
7: ??? - Monte Compatri
8: ??? - ??? (Campania?)
9: ??? - ??? (no idea)
rest
10: ??? - ???
11: Foligno - Perugia ITT
12: ??? - Ravenna
13: Ravenna? - Mantova?
14: ??? - Montecampione
15: ??? - Montespluga?
rest
16: ??? - ??? (Trentino)
17: ??? - ??? (Südtirol?)
18: ??? - Zoncolan
19: Grado - Gorizia
20: Palmanova? - Tre Cime di Lavaredo
21: Verona ITT