Giro 2026 Route stage 16: Bellinzona - Carì
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Jonas Vingegaard leidt de Giro voor Afonso Eulálio en Felix Gall,. After the final rest day, the race continues with a compact mountain stage, followed by two consecutive opportunities for the breakaway. Friday and Saturday will once again favour the climbers and GC contenders, with Friday’s stage being a brutal race featuring 5,000 metres of elevation gain. The final stage in Rome is tailor-made for the sprinters.
There’s no time to ease into things in the first stage of the Giro's final week. Instead, the riders are immediately faced with 3,000 metres of climbing over just 113 kilometres. Compact and intense. Which riders will cope best with that?
Stage 17 of the Giro adds up to 202 kilometres with 3,300 metres of climbing. The finale is not hard enough for GC contenders to make a difference, which opens the door for the breakaway to succeed. In other words, the stage is expected to open on a furious note...
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.
Jonas Vingegaard, Giulio Pellizzari, Felix Gall, Thymen Arensman and former winner Jai Hindley target the GC at the Giro, while Dylan Groenewegen, Jonathan Milan and Paul Magnier are aiming for sprint success. The likes of Jhonatan Narváez, Giulio Ciccone and Wout Poels are hunting stage wins. Who else is on the start list?