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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Vuelta Femenina 2026: Route
The Vuelta Femenina serves up a mix of sprint opportunities and hilly stages in the lead-up to the decisive final weekend in Asturias. In the last two days, the finish is on an extremely steep final climb each time, Les Praeres and the Angliru.
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Vuelta Femenina 2026: Riders
The Vuelta Femenina is all about finding a successor to Demi Vollering. Kasia Niewiadoma, Anna van der Breggen, Paula Blasi and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot are eyeing her crown, while Marianne Vos and Lotte Kopecky will be hunting stage wins. Voilà, the start list for the women’s Tour of Spain.
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Vuelta Femenina 2026 Route stage 2: Lobios - San Cibrao das Viñas
Monday 4 May – A rolling to hilly parcours and a climb just before the finish - that's one the menu for the second day of the Vuelta Femenina. Over 109.8 kilometres, the riders tackle 2,143 metres of elevation gain.
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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 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 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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