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2026 Giro d'Italia route revealed which will delight Sprinters

Bulgaria hosts the start of a Grand Tour for the very first time in its history, with the 2026 Giro d'Italia starting on May 8th in Nessebar and finishing in Rome on May 31st, 2026.

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Next year's race features a longer 40 km time trial, seveal mountain stages in the Alps and Apennines and summit finishes atop legendary climbs including Blockhaus, Corno alle Scale, Pila, Cari, Alleghe and Piancavallo. The mountain top finish in Cari takes the race briefly into Switzerland.
 
It will also be a great race for Sprinters and theire Sprint Trains with many flat stages, and chances for breakaway specialists to bag a stage win too.

Bulgaria Start

A special Grande Partenza starts in Bulgaria, the eastern-European nation will host the start with three stages, that will also delight the Sprinters on stages 1 and 2.

Into Italy

On the first rest day, riders fly to southern Italy before two hilly stages into Cosenza and Potenza which could see the first attacks in the fight for the Pink Jersey, as the race heads north. towards the mountains.
 
Stage 6 is a classic sprint stage into Naples, before the first big mountain stage finishing atop the mightly Blockhaus on Friday May 15th. Stage 8 is also the longest stage of the Giro at 246 km, a Coastal run through Sperlonga and Gaeta, then into Abruzzo. Blockhaus climbed from Roccamorice, the hardest side: final 10 km consistently around, or above, 10%.
 
 
Stage 6 - 2026 Giro d'Italia
 
Stage 8 is another stage for the Sprinters into Fermo.
 
The first week rounds off with a mountain top finish in Corno alle Scale on stage 9 which could also show signs of who the GC favorites are.  A flat start with increasingly rolling terrain into the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, ending uphill at Corno alle Scale. The Final climb alternates steep ramps with easier stretches.
 
Stage 9 - 2026 Giro d'Italia
 

Second Week

The second week starts with a completely flat 40km individual time trial, expected to be extremely fast with winding bends curves around Viareggio and Torre del Lago Puccini and straight coastal section where top specialists will hit 60 km/h.
 
Stage 10 - 2026 Giro d'Italia
 
Sprinters will once again be delighted with 2 stages into Novi Ligure and Verbania as the race heads north into the Alps.
 
Stage 14 is a brutal stage with over 4,000 m of climbing. Riders traverse Aosta's "balconies" with a summit finish in Pila, one mountain stage that should be quite brutal. 
 
Stage 14 - 2026 Giro d'Italia
 
Stage 15 will delights fans and Sprinters with a classic flat stage finishing in Milan.

Third and Final Week

If the GC competition hasn't been decided yet, it will all become clear with a tricky uphill finish in Andalo on Stage 17 and then two mountain top finishes. The second of those to Alleghe (Piani di Pezze) on stage 19 is a brutal day in the Dolomites featuring  theascents of the mightly Passo Giau (Cima Coppi, 2236 m) and Passo Falzarego and over 5,000m of climbing. Definately the Queen Stage.
 
Stage 17 - 2026 Giro d'Italia
 
The final mountain stage of the race will feature a double ascension of Piancavallo on Stage 20 where Tom Dumoulin battled to stay in the pink jersey in 2017.
 
Stage 20 - 2026 Giro d'Italia
Sprinters once again will be delighted with a classic sprint finish into Rome on Stage 21 on May 31st, 2026.

2026 Giro d'Italia route map

 

 
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