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

[vappaxbipmv]

According to the last rumours the first mountain stage will be in Abruzzo with arrival on Blockhaus. The aostan stage will arrive in Aosta Pila or in Cervinia. In the third week a stage will finish in Madonna di Campiglio. The last mountain stage will be Gemona - Piancavallo with a double ascent of the friulan climb. Probably we will have only one itt in the second week.

Only 1 TT? It's like they don't want Remco to be tempted

 

[search]

how long of an ITT?

as far as I understood, Beppe Conti said it would be the same as 2014. So if true, around 40k

 

[Netserk]

MTF heavy route, very 2014.

While on some level I appreciate that different years have different kinds of routes, this was not the kind I missed.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Why is that?

Piancavallo is connected to absolutely nothing except to some extent La Crosetta (~12k of flat), which is in Veneto and therefore off limits for an all-Friulian final mountain stage. So the penultimate climb will be >50k from the finish, which means you almost completely eliminate the potential for action before the MTF on your final mountain stage, which in turn means that a gap of even 1 minute becomes almost impossible to overturn unless the GC leader has an offday. The Covatilla MTF on the penultimate day of the 2020 Vuelta is a great example - Roglic was on a bad day, but because there were no climbs anywhere near the MTF, Carapaz couldn't attack from range, and because the MTF itself also wasn't that hard (and Movistar helped Roglic) he could only claw back 21 of the 45 seconds he needed. That could have been one of the most memorable days of the season given the GC situation, but the route ensured it was a bit of a damp squib. Bola del Mundo in the 2012 Vuelta is also a good example of a high-potential GC situation ruined by the stage design.

Zoncolan and Lussari are so hard that they are likely to block any action before the MTF on both the stage itself (if it's a road stage) and on the stages before it. While the 2023 Tre Cime stage being raced abysmally defensively cannot be solely blamed on the Lussari TT coming the day after, it was definitely a factor, and the end of the 2014 Giro was also not exactly a classic.

 

[Onizuka999]

how long of an ITT?

Most rumours talk about an itt from Barbaresco to Barolo like in 2014 so probably 40km more or less. The last stage probably will be in Rome for sprinters and in Bulgaria there won't be an itt...

 

[Ulle97]

When is route announcement/presentation?

 

[Berniece]

When is route announcement/presentation?

No date yet

 

[OlavEH]

So for now:

Bulgaria start
Calabria
Blockhaus MTF
Cervinia MTF
Cari MTF
Madonna di Campiglio
Piani di Pezze MTF via Giau
Piancavallo MTF.

I can't say that I am very excited about the rumours so far.

 

[houtdffan]

as far as I understood, Beppe Conti said it would be the same as 2014. So if true, around 40k

Isnt the final stage also expected to be an ITT?

 

[YavorD]

Isnt the final stage also expected to be an ITT?

It was expected to be an ITT if it was in Milan.
In Rome it will probably be a parade.

 

[Red Rick]

So for now:

Bulgaria start
Calabria
Blockhaus MTF
Cervinia MTF
Cari MTF
Madonna di Campiglio
Piani di Pezze MTF via Giau
Piancavallo MTF.

I can't say that I am very excited about the rumours so far.

Fear not, "Red Rick why are you complaining" posts always deliver.

 

[Netserk]

There's room for one more MTF. Imagine stage 16 as ~Bellinzona > San Bernardino > Spluga > San Marco (Morbegno)

 

[YavorD]

There's room for one more MTF. Imagine stage 16 as ~Bellinzona > San Bernardino > Spluga > San Marco (Morbegno)

Let the 3rd stage finish on Vitosha, because we clearly don't have enough MTF's