Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

[Red Rick]

San Martino di Castrozza 2019 and Bormio 2025 are both unequivocally worse, TBF.

2025 alone had like 3 stages worse, with San Pellegrino in Alpe, Grappa and Mortiro-not

 

[Red Rick]

Nibali is not much better ...

Nibali looks like an old mafia don who's nephew just spoke out of turn.

 

[yaco]

There are many opportunities for the sprinters, so expect many to go to the Giro. Its not the hardest route, while that 40 ITT by the ocean will create largish gaps. I'd be surprised if remco is not at the Giro.

 

[ashhutch1997]

San Martino di Castrozza 2019 and Bormio 2025 are both unequivocally worse, TBF.

The proposed Santa Cristina stage in 2024 with the stelvio 150km from the finish is a good candidate.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

2025 alone had like 3 stages worse, with San Pellegrino in Alpe, Grappa and Mortiro-not

I misread the post as only talking about the third week. If we're also including weeks 1 and 2 then there is a worse offender in this very edition (Corno alle Scale)...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The proposed Santa Cristina stage in 2024 with the stelvio 150km from the finish is a good candidate.

That stage was fine in the context that it came in between the supposed queen stage and the supposed Dolomites stage, and was needed to transition between the two. The real problem is that both of said stages were pretty poor designs.

 

[Red Rick]

Yes, I remember how hyped I was when I saw the profile for Tre Cime 2023 the first time.

Nah it's great but I can't dismiss the worry it'll just be about the MTF.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Let's ask our top expert @Red Rick how good the route is. 1 or 0? (out of 10)

 

[Red Rick]

Let's ask our top expert @Red Rick how good the route is. 1 or 0 (out of 10)?

Haven't seen all the profiles yet. I'm probably gonna do what the route does and be very mid.

 

[Netserk]

It's good to have a good Giau stage, but I am not impressed by the rest of the route.

The Tour route is better next year.

 

[Red Rick]

It's good to have a good Giau stage, but I am not impressed by the rest of the route.

The Tour route is better next year.

No.

 

[vappaxbipmv]

If they included another flattish TT of a similar length it would be a proper Remco vs Jonas route

 

[Red Rick]

Haven't seen all the profiles yet. I'm probably gonna do what the route does and be very mid.

Let's ask our top expert @Red Rick how good the route is. 1 or 0? (out of 10)

Having seen the profiles now, it's a 3 or 4. It does like 2 or 3 things okay and it's not disgracefully imbalanced, but the 2nd to 6th hardest mountain stages are just an ocean of mid.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Tim Cahill]

Excellent route for someone looking to do Giro->Tour aka only 1 proper hard stage at the end.

 

[Faserr]

Not much 100% clear sprints.

 

[Faserr]

Excellent route for someone looking to do Giro->Tour aka only 1 proper hard stage at the end.

Vingegaard should try this. Not so sure about Evenepoel.

 

[Red Rick]

Vingegaard should try this. Not so sure about Evenepoel.

Evenepoel should do the Giro on any route if Vingegaard/Pogacar don't race and on no routes if either of them do

 

[Faserr]

Evenepoel should do the Giro on any route if Vingegaard/Pogacar don't race and on no routes if either of them do

Who decides first?

 

[vappaxbipmv]

Who decides first?

Pogacar, then Jonas, then Remco

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ok, who put Tour mountain stages in my Giro?!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Usually I would say just focus on the Tour, but at it seems very soft, it could be ripe for Evenepoel to deploy the legendary strategy of going to a Giro to gain reasonable time in a tt then inshallah a couple of mountain stages get cancelled. Build the whole GT campaign upon a roll of the dice regarding the weather, could even get a propaganda campaign going beforehand about how the organisers don't care about the riders, lay the foundations.

 

[Squire]

Where are the mountains?

 

[YavorD]

Where are the mountains?

They are usually cancelled after the presentation.
The organisers decided to be clever and acted before the events, kudos for their brave decision.