Giro 2026: Route and stages
The Giro d'Italia starts this coming Friday in Bulgaria and is set to finish in Rome on Sunday 31 May. In the opening week, the Blockhaus provides the first major summit finish, while the second week features a tough climbing stage in and around the Aosta Valley. The final week includes a Swiss excursion and the run to the steep Piani di Pezzè looks, on paper, like an absolute killer. There is only one ITT, but it's a long one.
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Giro 2026: Route
The Giro d’Italia gets underway in Bulgaria on Friday. The iconic Blockhaus features as a summit finish in the first week, while the extremely steep Piani di Pezzè brings the gruelling, possibly decisive, 19th stage to a close. Stage 16, held entirely in Switzerland, also promises to be a blockbuster. There is only one time trial on the menu, but it is a long – and flat – one.
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Giro 2026: Riders
Jonas Vingegaard, Giulio Pellizzari, Adam Yates, Egan Bernal and Thymen Arensman target the GC at the Giro, while Dylan Groenewegen, Arnaud De Lie and Jonathan Milan are aiming for sprint success. The likes of Filippo Ganna and Giulio Ciccone will be hunting stage wins. Who else is on the start list?
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Giro 2026 Route stage 1: Nesebăr – Burgas
Friday 8 May – The Giro d'Italia gets under way with a pan-flat opener on Bulgarian soil. The 147-kilometre stage is likely to erupt in a cracking sprint, so the fast men will be dreaming of the pink jersey.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 1: For fast men #1
The pink jersey is up for grabs on the opening day of the Giro d’Italia. With a pan-flat route on the menu, it’s almost certain to end up on the shoulders of a sprinter.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 2: Burgas - Veliko Tarnovo
Saturday, 9 May – Stage 2 of the Giro takes the riders from Burgas to Veliko Tarnovo. The 221-kilometre route runs from the Black Sea coast into the hilly interior. The finale is spiced up by a hefty leg-breaker 11 kilometres from the finish, plus two cobbled sectors inside the last 3 kilometers, one of which uphill.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 2: Dream finish for puncheurs
The punchy riders in the peloton will be right in their element on the second day of the Giro. A sharp climb with its summit 11 kilometres from the line precedes a twisty finale with two cobbled sectors and several uphill stretches.
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