Giro 2026: Route and stages
Guillermo Silva leads the Giro ahead of Florian Stork and Egan Bernal. A flat stage with a climb halfway through is on today's menu, and tomorrow the pink caravan moves from Bulgaria to Italy. On Tuesday, the Giro d’Italia continues with a stage that resembles the today's stage, although the climb is closer to the finish. With 4,100 metres of elevation gain, Wednesday will be a hilly to mountainous test, and the first major summit finish of the Giro follows on Friday.
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Giro 2026: Live report stage 3
The riders traverse fla terrein towards midway climb - 9.2 kilometres at 5.4% - and then the finale is flat. Follow today's stage live on Cyclingstage.com.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 3: Plovdiv - Sofia
Sunday, 10 May – Stage 3 of the Giro features a single major obstacle: the Borovec Pass. Whether this 9.2-kilometre climb at 5.4% will be enough to prevent a bunch sprint remains to be seen. The summit comes far from the finish in the capital, Sofia, making it quite likely that the 175-kilometre stage will end in a fast finishers showdown.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 3: For fast men #2
Halfway through the third stage of the Giro, the riders take on the Borovec Pass — a 9.2-kilometre climb at 5.4%. Sprinters will undoubtedly be dropped there, and the big question is whether they can make it back in time to contest the victory in Sofia.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 4: Catanzaro - Cosenza
Tuesday, 12 May – The Giro d’Italia is on home soil. At 138 kilometres, stage 4 runs on flat roads from Catanzaro to Cosenza until a climb of 14.4 kilometres at 5.9% sets up the finale.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 4: Sprinters or attackers?
The first Giro stage on home soil is similar to the final stage in Bulgaria, as both feature a significant climb in an otherwise flat parcours. There is a difference, though, as the climb on the way from Catanzaro to Cosenza comes closer to the finish, reducing the chances of dropped sprinters to latch back on.
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Giro 2026: Withdrawals
On Saturday 8 May, the Giro d’Italia started in Bulgaria with 184 riders. Not all of them will reach the finish in Rome. Cyclingstage.com keeps track of the withdrawals.
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