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    Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

    The italian team Bardiani Saber buys two Uzbek riders: the national champion Nikita Tsvetkov and the sprinter Sergey Rostovtsev that just switched his nationality previously he was Russian.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    According to italian sites Cofidis won't participate. So the fifth wc will go to Total, Unibet, Burgos, Caja Rural or Kern Pharma. The other two italian teams can't participate.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    Red Bull will go to the next edition with Pellizzari Hindley and Vlasov.
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    Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

    Three new riders for Solution Tech: the slovenian sprinter Tilen Finkst from Adria Mobil, the italian sprinter Matteo Regnanti from Team Hoppla' and the english puncheur Ben Granger from MGkvis.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    For logistical reasons and for a faster evacuation of the area they say. If I remember well only in the 60s and in the 70s they arrived over 2000. In the 21th century they always arrived in Mammarosa, i don't know why they don't take into account Rifugio Pomilio almost 4km above Mammarosa...
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    Mammarosa Rifugio (1637m) according to the rumours.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    The problem is that there are some stages in doubt and something may change in the next days. Milan for example and also Novi Ligure is not sure, moreover i don't see Porcari and Cosenza.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    Also Milan will have a stage on the third sunday, probably it will be a stage for sprinters not an itt.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    The itt on the second tuesday will start from Viareggio and finish in Massa (40km more or less). The next day Porcari-Chiavari for sprinters.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    Last rumours confirm that there will be a stage with finish in Andalo. The third 5 star stage should be Aosta. Verbania won't be a 5 star stage.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    Verbania stage won't be very difficult according to new rumours. We won't see Mottarone or Ologno but just some short climbs.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    Giro will start officially on Friday so there will be a rest day on Monday.
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    In the giro ng 2022 there was a stage with finish on Fauniera (Pradleves side) and it was an unipuerto . I remember that these climbs (Sampeyre Fauniera Esischie) have been forgotten by the giro because they have poor maintenance and the descents are extremely technical and are also considered...
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    According to new rumours there will be a finish in Andalo not in Madonna di Campiglio. The flat stage in Milan is not sure and the first italian stage will be probably from Catanzaro to Cosenza so we will see only one itt. The stage on the second Sunday probably will finish at Corno alle Scale...
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    According to the rumours from South and the stage probably will start from Borgomanero