Giro 2026: Route and stages

Paul Magnier leads the Giro ahead of Tobias Lund Andresen and Ethan Vernon. Today's stage is a hilly race with a sharp climb inside the final 10 kilometres, followed by a finale featuring cobbles and a short uphill drag. On Sunday's menu is a flat stage with a climb halfway through, and on Monday the pink caravan moves from Bulgaria to Italy. The first serious climbing happens on Wednesday and on Friday the Blockhaus provides the first major summit finish of the Giro d'Italia.

Giro 2026: Live report stage 2

Giro d'Italia 2026

The riders traverse rolling to hilly terrain en route to a twisty finale featuring short climbs and cobbles? Follow today's action live on Cyclingstage.com.

Vuelta Femenina 2026: Live report stage 7

Vuelta Femenina 2026

Who’ll come out on top on the monstrous Angliru? Anna van der Breggen showed fine form yesterday and seems poised to win, but you never know on such a beast of a climb. Follow today's final stage live on Cyclingstage.com.

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.

Giro 2026 Favourites stage 2: Dream finish for puncheurs

Narvaez tdu - 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.

Giro 2026: Withdrawals

Crash - 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.

Vuelta Femenina 2026 Route stage 7: Pola de Laviana - L'Angliru

Saturday 9 May – The final stage of the Vuelta Femenina serves up 3,258 metres of climbing over 132.9 kilometres. That's no picnic in itself, but the finish atop the brutally steep Angliru makes it an especially savage test.

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