By Ryan Dabbs TZ. Organiser RCS already announced that the Grande Partenza would take place in Budapest, Hungary, and have confirmed the sprint, hilly and mountain stages over the course of a four-day announcement process. The date of each stage has also been revealed too. The Italian Grand Tour is set to take place between May 6 to May 29, where the riders will tackle over 20 stages over a gruelling three-week period.
In total, there are two ITTs, seven flat, six mountain, and six hilly stages across the Giro d'Italia's route. Budapest in Hungary will host the Grande Partenza of the th Giro d'Italia, after missing out on the chance to do so in due to the pandemic. This is the 14th time that the Giro has started outside of Italy, and is the first time that a Grand Tour has visited Hungary, with the country set to host the opening three stages of the tour.
The first maglia rosa will be awarded at the end of an increasingly narrow sprint. Day two signals the turn of the powerhouses, with the second stage consisting of a 9. The route follows a city circuit from Pest to the historical centre of Buda. Partly on cobblestones, the final climb contains peaks of 14 per cent, with the finish line in Buda Square. The peloton arrives in Sicily for the first Italian stage of the tour after a day's break, following the opening in Hungary.
It's not an easy start either, with a difficult mountain stage from Avola to Etna awaiting the riders, which includes a 14km final ascent. Two flat stages follow the opening mountain race, and gives the sprinters more chances to earn an early win on the tour.
By this time the riders will have vacated Sicily and started heading further north, finishing the second of the flat stages at Scalea, the Riviera dei Cedri. The day after there is a hilly stage from Diamante to Potenza, before a circuit around Naples will see the riders hit plenty of undulating climbs. The week ends with an arduous mountain stage from Isernia to Blockhaus, which features double-digit gradients and the same finish as Following the conclusion of this race, the riders will have their second day off of the Giro as the leader of the pink jersey becomes clearer.
The 10th stage of the Giro will see a fairly simple start for the peloton, with the first stage flat along the eastern coast of Italy for half of the route. However, it will become slightly hillier as they head further inland, meaning only a select group of riders will be battling for the stage win.
The route begins to head further north at this point, and a flat stage facilitates this towards Reggio Emilia. Following this, a race from Parma to Genova will see plenty of breakaways and a stretched-out peloton. The final three climbs of this hilly stage concludes the race with what will be a whittled-down group of riders.
Afterwards, a route from Sanremo to Cueno heads in the opposite direction to the summertime Milan-San Remo. Fast descent on Cortina to reach the finish. About 5 km from the arrival, you will join the Strada della Dolomiti that will take you to reach the town about m from the arrival. After the rest day which once again respect the alternation between challenging stages the clash between the men, aiming to the high rankings of the General Classification, will resumes.
It is important to note that for the fifth time in 6 stages, more than km are covered. Unlike the stage in Cortina, for the Giro favourites will be very difficult to come up with something and everything should take place under the banner of a great crescendo towards the final climb.
The long descent from Cortina to Trento is interspersed with some uphill sections, including in particular the Sveseri GPM 2. After the descent the flat returns up to km , when you take the challenging climb to the Passo di San Valentino A long descent, at times rather technical, ends just 9 km from the final climb, Sega di Ala, one of the hardest climbs of this Giro edition. The ascent will take riders to the finishing line after A tremendous climb, but at the same time irregular at the right point to offer opportunities for relaunch the action potentially generating significants gaps.
After the last hairpin bends you enter the Passo Fittanze plateau where the gradient are more gentle until the finish line. It is the longest stage of the Giro travelled across the Pianura Padana.
It arrives the day after a very difficult stage and in the last 30 kilometres it presents a 4th cat. This is why the fast wheels will have a lot of problem to aim for victory. The last three stages there will have little room for inventiveness and therefore for attackers this may be the last occasion.
Therefore, a successful breakaway or the action of a finisseur are the most probable outcomes. The final kilometres will be characterised by the Canneto Pavese ascent followed by a descent that will bring raiders to the final straight stretch in Stradella. A mountain stage changed at the very last minute due to a tragic event on the Mottarone Cableway.
The Mottarone, a 1st CAT. GPM, a difficult climb that would have impacted the stage, has been cancelled and replaced by the much easier 4th CAT. Gignese Alpe Agogna. The usual breakaway attack will be unavoidable and after the descent from Gignese the race will reach the shore of Lake Maggiore in Stresa and will continues along the lake, through Gravellona Toce and Omegna.
Here the Passo della Colma 7. The descent will bring riders to Varallo, the route continues along the valley up to Scopello where the closing climb will start. The arrival on Alpe di Mera is unprecedented, with a 9. In our opinion, the final kilometres are among the hardest one of this Giro, many are under-evaluate the fact that riders will be tired and the final 5kms are among the hardest one of the race with Elevation gain m iso the m of the original route.
The new route will be km long and the departure will be given from Abbiategrasso at Arrival is always expected between and For over kilometers, from about the twentieth kilometre to the Spluga GPM, the stage will be in Switzerland.
After the first 80 km substantially flat, you take the final triptych of climbs: the ascent towards the Passo San Bernardino is endless A technical descent will lead to the foot of the final climb.
The ramps that bring to Alpe Motta that have very similar gradient than the previous ascent. The final climb it is 7. Past Campodolcino, the route ascends with hairpins and through a number of tunnels, up to Pianazzo, travelling the old, narrow road to Madesimo, with punishing gradients.
Fears and second thoughts are not allowed. Three times as long, the second time trial is otherwise practically identical to the first one: totally flat and for those able to generate very high speeds.
A specialist will win, with Filippo Ganna favoured over all the others. Among the men aiming to the general classification and if the fight for the pink jersey is not yet over, there could be surprises. In the event of a crises, a minute and a half can be lost on such a route. Elevation gain less then m. All pictures and articles, copyright by the author, we use, are for editorial and non-commercial usages only. Skip to content. A couple of sharper climbs await the riders on their route from Piacenza to Sestola km on Tuesday May After a couple of days' introduction to climbs, this flat route from Modena to Cattolica km will be welcome for most riders on Wednesday May This is a tough one, with hills constant on the route from Grotte di Frasassi to Ascoli Piceno km on Thursday May As the race continues to come down Italy's Adriatic coast, this flatter stage could favour the faster riders from Notaresco to Termoli km on Friday May Certainly a stage to watch, this route, from Foggia to Guardia Sanframondi km on Saturday May 15, is where any potential leaders could lead a charge.
This is where the sprinters can earn an advantage, with the stage from L'Aquila to Foligno km finishing with a downhill stint on Monday May Stage 7 Diamante - Potenza km. Stage 8 Napoli - Napoli km. Stage 9 Isernia - Blockhaus km. Rest Day 2 Stage 10 Pescara - Jesi km. Stage 11 Santarcangelo di Romagna - Reggio Emilia km. Stage 12 Parma - Genova km.
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