Giro 2026 Route stage 11: Porcari - Chiavari

Wednesday, 20 May – At 195 kilometres and featuring 2,850 metres of climbing, Stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia runs from Tuscany to Liguria. Most of the climbing is packed into the second half, before the final climb tops out 12.6 kilometres from the finish in the coastal town of Chiavari.

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Key points: flat early on, lumpy finale

The riders set off from Porcari, just north of Pisa, and head to the Tyrrhenian coast to follow it all the way to La Spezia. The route isn’t completely flat, but the undulations are negligible.

That changes with a few short climbs in the run-up to the first KOM climb, the Passo del Termine. First comes the ascent at La Foce - 2.6 kilometres at 6.8% - followed by the climb to Pignone, 2 kilometres averaging 7.2%. The Passo del Termine itself adds another 7.4 kilometres at 4.9%, marking the start of the hilly finale.

The descent from the Termine leads straight onto the Colle di Guaitarola, 9.7 kilometres at 6.3%. Only around 5 kilometres after the mountain sprint does the descent to the coastal town of Sestri Levante begin. The shortest route to Chiavari is just 14 kilometres flat to the line, but to spice up the finale, the riders face one last inland loop.

First up is the Colla dei Scioli, 5.7 kilometres at 6.4%, with a final kilometre approaching 10%. From the summit, the route descends into the valley of the small river Entella, before rising again towards the bonus sprint in Cogorno. That section climbs for 4.6 kilometres at an average of 6.7%. After the intermediate sprint, there are still 12.6 kilometres to the finish, roughly half of which is downhill.

Chiavari sits on the Gulf of Tigullio, 40 kilometres south of Genoa.

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Time bonuses of 6, 4 and 2 seconds are up for grabs at the intermediate sprint at kilometre 182.4; at the finish line, 10, 6 and 4 await the first three riders.

Stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia starts at 12:20 and is expected to finish at around 17:15 - both local times (CEST). For details, see the timetable in the slideshow below this article.

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