There’s not much to say about Piazzola sul Brenta. Over a century ago, Guglielmo Segato and Attilio Morbiatto, two former cyclists, were born there, and that’s it in terms o cycling history
The first 63.5 kilometres are virtually flat. Then the road begin to rises towards La Fricca, a 12.9-kilometre climb at 4.6%. From here, the uphill action really kicks off, with the elevation gain coming thick and fast.
Right after the descent, the road climbs for 10.1 kilometres at 7.6% towards Candriai. Following another downhill, there’s a relatively easy section: the ascent to Vigo Cavedine stretches 9.1 kilometres at a mild 2.9% gradient.
Things get a lot more serious with the Santa Barbara climb, a 12.7-kilometre slog with an average gradient of 8.3%. At the summit, there are 34.7 kilometres left to race.
Almost half of that distance is downhill, and then the Grande Finale kicks in. The climb to the line is 17.4 kilometres long and averaging 6.4%.
You’d have to go back 55 years to find the last stage winner in the mountain village of Brentonico. Eddy Merckx took the stage honours as a prelude to his second Giro GC win that year.
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