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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Giro 2026: Route
The Giro d’Italia gets underway in Bulgaria on Friday. 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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Giro 2026 Route stage 1: Nesebăr – Burgas
Friday 8 May – The Giro d'Italia gets under way with a pan-flat opener on Bulgarian soil. The 147-kilometre stage is likely to erupt in a cracking sprint, so the fast men will be dreaming of the pink jersey.
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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.
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Giro 2026 Route stage 3: Plovdiv - Sofia
Sunday, 10 May – Stage 3 of the Giro features a single major obstacle: the Borovec Pass. Whether this 9.2-kilometre climb at 5.4% will be enough to prevent a bunch sprint remains to be seen. The summit comes far from the finish in the capital, Sofia, making it quite likely that the 175-kilometre stage will end in a fast finishers showdown.
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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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