Giro d'Italia organizer RCS Sport is busy preparing for this year's Grande Partenza in Budapest, but is also working on the future of women's races, with plans underway to create its own women's Giro d'Italia and revive a women's version of Milan-San Remo.

The Milan-San Remo Donne will be held on the same day as the men's race in late March, and RCS Sport CEO Paolo Bellino has indicated that the women's Giro d'Italia will start after the men's race in late May.

The Milan-San Remo Donne will likely become part of the women's World Tour calendar and will continue at that level as the Giro Donne regains top-level status this year. This will bring some changes to the race calendar going forward.

The Trofeo Alfredo Binda is currently held the day after Milan-San Remo, so the date may be changed to avoid a concentration of races on one weekend.

With the new Tour de France Femme set for late July, moving the Giro Donne to early June would allow the big names in the women's peloton to target both races.

"We are working to launch Milan-San Remo for women because I think it should be a monumental spring event for women," Bellino told a select group of media, including Cycling News, via video call Tuesday.

"We are working to guarantee that it will be held next year. It will be held on the same day and will have the same format as Strade Bianche."

RCS Sport owns the men's Giro d'Italia, but Bellino revealed that the Italian Cycling Federation owns the Giro Donne and that the 2022 event will be hosted by Italian digital broadcaster PMG Sport and Starlight.

The 10-day race was called the Giro d'Italia International Feminaire until 2021 and was the only women's Grand Tour until the creation of the Tour de France Femme; RCS Sport seems confident about taking over the Giro Donne, but in 2022 They have avoided creating a rival race.

"My intention was to organize a Giro d'Italia for women this year, but I thought it would be much better to work with them [the Giro Donne organizers] instead of creating a new race," Bellino revealed.

"We are talking with the national federations to see if there is an opportunity to work together. There is the issue of the calendar, and also the issue of how to put everything together."

"I think we will have good news regarding this event in the coming months. We want to bring this event closer to the men's Giro d'Italia, but the women's calendar is very tough, which is a good thing and also a good opportunity.

"Women's cycling is growing very quickly and I think the cycling movement will grow incredibly over the next four or five years. We are fortunate to have some women riders who have achieved incredible results."