Cycling: After details of the 2016 Giro d'Italia route were leaked to the public at the end of last week, full details of next year's Tour of Italy have now been unveiled today at the Expo in Milan. Seven sprint finishes, seven mountain stages and three individual time trials promise an exciting three weeks of cycling.
Now the cat is officially out of the bag – this afternoon in Milan, organizer RCS presented the route for next year's edition in the presence of reigning Giro winner Alberto Contador. Participants and spectators can expect a balanced profile with three individual time trials over a total of 61km, seven potential sprint finishes and seven mountain stages across the Dolomites and the Alps. The Giro d'Italia 2016 starts on May 6th and ends on May 29th.
As announced a few months ago, the starting shot will be fired in the Netherlands, more precisely in Apeldoorn. The start is the first and shortest of three time trials over 9,8 mostly flat kilometers over windy Dutch roads. After two more stages in Holland between Arnhem and Nijmegen - both of which fit perfectly into the sprinters' prey scheme in the field - the first rest day comes - mainly to offer the drivers some rest after the long transfer to the south of Italy.
Already at the end of the sixth stage, the first mountain finish awaits in the Apennines, more precisely in Roccaraso. The final climb is 20km long - here we will see for the first time in what condition the favorites are and there will be the first larger time gaps. After two more stages for the sprinters, things will go one after the other: The ninth stage will be a 40,4km individual time trial through Tuscany. If you catch a bad day here, you might have to bury your hopes for the maglia rosa early on.
With the 13th stage, the peloton will finally move into the mountains. Narrow and technically demanding climbs in the Dolomites await at the start before the peloton then has to tackle the king's stage. This leads to Corvara over a total of six categorized climbs, including the Passo Campolongo. But the riders should manage their strength well, because a 10,8 km long mountain time trial awaits them on the following day: Two flat kilometers are followed by almost 9 km at an average of 8%.
Three stages then lead the peloton through Lombardy into the Alps. Two more tough mountain stages follow there, including a short detour across the French-Italian border, before the Giro 2016 comes to an end after the final, traditionally flat stage in Turin.
Stages Giro d'Italia 2016
[easy table th=“0″]1st stage,6. May,Apeldoorn,9.8km (EZF)
Stage 2, May 7th, Arnhem – Nijmegen, 190 km
Stage 3, May 8th, Nijmegen – Arnhem, 189 km
Stage 4, May 10th, Catanazaro – Praia a Mare, 191 km
Stage 5, May 11th, Praia a Mare – Benevento, 233 km
6th stage,12. May, Ponte – Roccaraso, 185 km
7th stage,13. May, Sulmona – Foligno, 210 km
8th stage,14. May, Foligno – Arezzo, 169 km
9th stage,15. May,Chianti Classico,40.4km (RT)
10th stage,17th May, Campi Bisenzio – Sestola, 216 km
11th stage,18th May, Modena-Asolo, 212 km
12th stage,19. May, Noale – Bibione, 168 km
13th stage,20th May, Palmanova – Cividale del Friuli, 161 km
14th stage,21st May, Alpago – Corvara, 210 km
15th stage,22. May, Castelrotto – Alpe di Siusi, 10.8km (EZF)
16th stage,24th May, Bressanone – Andalo, 133 km
17th stage,25. May, Molveno – Cassano d'Adda, 196 km
18th stage,26th May, Muggiò – Pinerolo, 234 km
19th stage,27th May, Pinerolo – Risoul, 161 km
20th stage,28th May, Guillestre – Sant'Anna di Vinadio, 150 km
21st stage,29. May, Cuneo – Turin, 150 km
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