Giro 2026: Route and stages
Guillermo Silva leads the Giro d'Italia ahead of florian Stork and Egan Bernal. After the rest day, a mostly flat stage with a long climb in the final 50 kilometres is on the menu. On Wednesday, a hilly stage with 4,100 metres of elevation gain awaits, and on Thursday the riders will finish on a short cobbled climb in Naples. The first major summit finish of the Giro happens on Friday atop the iconic Blockhaus.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 4: Catanzaro - Cosenza
Tuesday, 12 May – The Giro d’Italia is on home soil. At 138 kilometres, stage 4 runs on flat roads from Catanzaro to Cosenza until a climb of 14.4 kilometres at 5.9% sets up the finale.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 4: Sprinters or attackers?
The first Giro stage on home soil is similar to the final stage in Bulgaria, as both feature a significant climb in an otherwise flat parcours. There is a difference, though, as the climb on the way from Catanzaro to Cosenza comes closer to the finish, reducing the chances of dropped sprinters to latch back on.
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Giro 2026: Withdrawals
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.
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Giro 2026: Riders
Jonas Vingegaard, Giulio Pellizzari, Felix Gall, 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
In the Giro d'Italia, the riders cover a total of 3,468 kilometres with 48,700 metres of climbing. 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: GC Favourites
Who are the top contenders to win the Giro d'Italia? Jonas Vingegaard stands out as the pre-race favourite, but with a field that also includes Giulio Pellizzari, Adam Yates, Thymen Arensman, Derek Gee-West, Egan Bernal, Enric Mas, Felix Gall and Jai Hindley, nothing is set in stone. It wouldn’t be the first time that the Giro delivers a surprise winner.
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