Cycle round capital of Italy — or somewhere to the north (5)
I believe the answer is:
turin
'cycle round capital of italy' is the definition.
I know that 'italy' relates to this answer. I also know that both the answer and definition are singular nouns
'somewhere to the north' is the wordplay.
'somewhere' becomes 'uri' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'north' becomes 'N' (abbreviation).
'uri' after 't' is 'turi'.
'turi'+'n'='TURIN'
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for turin that I've seen before include "Italian city with sacred Christian Shroud" , "It. city housing shroud" , "regional capital" , "NW Italian city with famous Shroud" , "foreign city" .)