Snow in Italy became a recurrent theme early in the year , with the torrential weather battering the Giro d'Italia too .
It wreaked disruption on the Milan - San Remo , forcing part of the route to be bypassed .
Snow in Italy became a recurrent theme early in the year , with the torrential weather battering the Giro d'Italia too , and it wreaked disruption on the Milan - San Remo , forcing part of the route to be bypassed .