Giro 2026: Route and stages
Afonso Eulálio leads the Giro d'Italia ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Felix Gall. Today's stage takes the riders over flat roads to the second summit finish in three days, with the road rising constantly over the final 28 kilometres. After the second rest day, the Giro continues on Tuesday with a long and flat individual time trial. The rest of the week looks tempting for either sprinters or attackers, before the GC riders take centre stage again on Saturday.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 9: Cervia – Corno alle Scale
Sunday, 17 May – At 184 kilometres, the 9th stage of the Giro d’Italia travels from Cervia to Corno alle Scale. In the process, the riders take on 2,400 metres of climbing, most of which comes in the final 28 kilometres. The road rises at double-digit gradients in the last 3 kilometres.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 9: All to play for on final climb
Stage 9 of the Giro revolves around three climbs in the final 30 kilometres. The roads are flat until then, after which the route rises almost continuously, mostly at gentle gradients, before the last 3 kilometres ramp up to an average of 10.1%.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 10: Viareggio - Massa
Tuesday, 19 May – The day after the second rest day features a 42-kilometre individual time trial. The flat course runs along the Tyrrhenian coast from Viareggio to Massa.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 10: Ganna for glory
The Giro’s individual time trial is 100% tailored to pure time-trial specialists. The course is 42 kilometres long and features only 50 metres of elevation gain. Bike handling skills are far from a major factor, as there are very few corners.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 11: Porcari - Chiavari
Wednesday, 20 May – At 195 kilometres and featuring 2,850 metres of climbing, Stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia runs from Tuscany to Liguria. Most of the climbing is packed into the second half, before the final climb tops out 12.6 kilometres from the finish in the coastal town of Chiavari.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 11: Breakaway hopefuls in hilly finale
Stage 11 of the Giro is an interesting one. The riders tackle 2,850 metres of climbing, almost all of which comes in the final 100 kilometres.
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