Giro 2026: Route and stages
Afonso Eulálio leads the Giro d'Italia ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Felix Gall. The finale of today's stage is expected to be exciting, as it is packed with short and sharp climbs. Tomorrow's stage tilts uphill virtually constantly over the final 28 kilometres, while the last 3 kilometres go up at double digits. After the second rest day, the Giro continues on Tuesday with a long and flat ITT.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 8: Chieti - Fermo
Saturday, 16 May – Stage 8 of the Giro takes the riders from Chieti to Fermo. The 156-kilometre route follows the Adriatic coast until the last 60 kilometres seem set to ignite the fireworks with a series of short climbs, capped by a punchy finale on the narrow cobbled streets of Fermo’s old town.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 8: Intriguing finale for attackers
Stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia is a race with two faces. Flat in the first part, with climbs in the second. The finale takes place on the steep cobbled streets of Fermo’s historic city centre.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 9: Cervia – Corno alle Scale
Sunday, 17 May – At 184 kilometres, the 9th stage of the Giro d’Italia travels from Cervia to Corno alle Scale. In the process, the riders take on 2,400 metres of climbing, most of which comes in the final 28 kilometres. The road rises at double-digit gradients in the last 3 kilometres.
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Giro 2026 Favourites stage 9: All to play for on final climb
Stage 9 of the Giro revolves around three climbs in the final 30 kilometres. The roads are flat until then, after which the route rises almost continuously, mostly at gentle gradients, before the last 3 kilometres ramp up to an average of 10.1%.
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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, 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 Filippo Ganna and Wout Poels are hunting stage wins. Who else is on the start list?
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