'.$baseTitle.' Home   /   Giro d'Italia 2015 - Stages and route

Giro 2015 Route stage 18: Melide –  Verbania

Giro 2015 stage 18Thursday, May 28, 2015 – There’s sprinters, climbers, time trialists - and good descenders. Riders in the latter category will be eyeing up the 172 kilometres stage between Melide and Verbania. The finish line is set after a steep descent.

Starting in Melide the riders do not traverse the characteristic dam, in stead they to Lugano and follow the west bank of the lake to head back to Italy. At Porto Ceresio they head south on a gently sloping trail to Lago di Varese and then to Lake Maggiore.

The pack continues on the shores of Lake Maggiore until Cannero Riviera – it’s there the climbing starts. Monte Ologno is a 10.4 kilometres climb at 9% with a steepest steepest section of 13% right after the first kilometre.

After Monte Ologno (1,168 metres) the riders linger for a while at altitude with the road rolling to today’s highest point at 1,234 metres. Next comes a steep 25 kilometres descent interspersed only by a short climb to Premeno with 14 kilometres left.
Then it’s downhill again while the last 5 kilometres are flat. The finish line is in Verbania, a city the riders passed through earlier today when they were approaching the Monte Ologno climb.

Click here for live race report.

Giro 2015 stage 18: Route maps, height profiles, and more

Click on the images to zoom


Giro d'Italia 2015: All stages - source gazetta.itAll stages

Giro d'Italia 2015 Route stage 18: Melide - Verbania - source gazetta.itRoute stage 18

Giro d'Italia 2015 Profile stage 18: Melide - Verbania - source gazetta.itProfile stage 18

Giro d'Italia 2015: All profiles - source gazetta.itAll profiles

Giro d'Italia 2015 stage 18: Climb details Monte Ologno - source gazetta.itDetails Monte Ologno

Giro d'Italia 2015 stage 18: Melide - VerbaniaStart and finish at Google Maps

Giro d'Italia 2015 stage 18: The climb to Monte Ologno - source gazetta.itClimb Monte Ologno in 3D

Giro d'Italia 2014 - How the race was won : stages 16-21


How stage 18 was won in 2014

Giro d'Italia 2015 TweetsGiro d’Italia Tweets

Watch the highlights of recent races here:
Related articles
Riders and teams - Giro 2015 Favourites and GC contenders - Giro 2015 Route and stages - Giro 2015
More articles
Tour de France 2025: The Route
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 1: Lille - Lille
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 2: Lauwin-Planque - Boulogne-sur-Mer
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 3: Valenciennes - Dunkirk
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 4: Amiens - Rouen
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 5: Caen - Caen
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 6: Baveux - Vire Romandie
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 7: Saint-Malo - Mûr-de-Bretagne
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 8: Saint-Méen-le-Grand - Laval
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 9: Chinon - Châteauroux
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 10: Ennezat - Le Mont-Dore
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 11: Toulouse - Toulouse
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 12: Auch - Hautacam
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 13: Loudenvielle - Peyragudes
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 14: Pau - Superbagnères
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 15: Muret - Carcassonne
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 16: Montpellier - Mont Ventoux
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 17: Bollène - Valence
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 18: Vif - Col de la Loze
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 19: Albertville - La Plagne
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 20: Nantua - Pontarlier
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 21: Mantes-la-Ville - Paris
Tour de France: Winners and records
Giro 2025: The Route Rumours
Giro d'Italia: Winners and records
Cycling Calendar 2025
Tour de France Femmes 2025: The Route
Tour de France Femmes 2025 Route stage 1: Vannes - Plumelec
Tour de France Femmes 2025 Route stage 2: Brest - Quimper
Tour de France Femmes 2025 Route stage 3: La Gacilly - Angers

Like our Facebook page and stay on top of all pro-race information!