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

[Red Rick]

Nothing more exciting that a WC team that will be trying to win bunch sprints

 

[Cycling111]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029550037059944685

View: https://x.com/BenjiNaesen/status/2029550037059944685

 

[Red Rick]

Ciclismo in it's purest form

 

[search]

A reply to this tweet from a local says that the road works were mostly completed already, so they can't be too far behind normal Giro standards.

 

[YavorD]

A reply to this tweet from a local says that the road works were mostly completed already, so they can't be too far behind normal Giro standards.

A guy that I know says that says, and I quote "the road (on stage 1) is so bad that unless they use mountain bikes is borderline impossible".

And, believe me, if you think Italy (and RCS) is chaos, a combination of Italy and Bulgaria is something I don't want to think of.
Honestly expect that the Grande Partenza to be a huge disaster.

 

[ashhutch1997]

A guy that I know says that says, and I quote "the road (on stage 1) is so bad that unless they use mountain bikes is borderline impossible".

And, believe me, if you think Italy (and RCS) is chaos, a combination of Italy and Bulgaria is something I don't want to think of.
Honestly expect that the Grande Partenza to be a huge disaster.

We talking Athens level disaster? Riders crashing left right and centre, bad roads, on coming cars ect.

 

[YavorD]

We talking Athens level disaster? Riders crashing left right and centre, bad roads, on coming cars ect.

I'll put it this way, I would be rather (actually really) surprised if everything goes smoothly

 

[Gratemans]

Italians: "People are always calling us corrupt 🙁"
Bulgaria: "Hold my beer!"

 

[the asian]

This is going to be a cakewalk for Vingo and might win by more than 10 miniutes. The others seem to be in really poor form with only Pellizzari seeming to be in good form. Almeida has had a setback, Tiberi seems to have lost his early season form. Carapaz and O'Connor have been really poor up to now

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Carapaz and O'Connor have been really poor up to now

Carapaz was 18th in Tirreno and 10th in Catalonia last year before he rode to the podium at the Giro. This year he was 18th in Tirreno and is now 10th in Catalonia...

With Carapaz I think the expectations for these spring one week races are based on his GT results, but he's never really performed in these type of races except of the 2022 Catalunya where he was second. What we've seen from him this week is in line with previous years where he have shown up to the Giro in great form.

 

[vappa]

This is going to be a cakewalk for Vingo and might win by more than 10 miniutes. The others seem to be in really poor form with only Pellizzari seeming to be in good form. Almeida has had a setback, Tiberi seems to have lost his early season form. Carapaz and O'Connor have been really poor up to now

Gall seems in a pretty decent shape, he should be a podium contender with that. The rest seem to be very weak

 

[SafeBet]

This is going to be a cakewalk for Vingo and might win by more than 10 miniutes. The others seem to be in really poor form with only Pellizzari seeming to be in good form. Almeida has had a setback, Tiberi seems to have lost his early season form. Carapaz and O'Connor have been really poor up to now

Tiberi is riding the Tour anyway.

 

[Netserk]

route has been updated and red bull gimmick sprint has been added

napoli is now an uphill cobbled sprint

gotta give em that its a way nicer finish

 

[Devil's Elbow]

A 180-degree turn*, on cobbles, at 400 metres to go, on a sprint stage, in a GT. What could possibly go wrong?

*technically a 60-degree one followed by a 120-degree one with 30 metres in between

 

[gavia88]

any significant improvements / deterioration compared to the route presentation?

 

[Netserk]

they should of course have made a classic amalfi stage , optionally with a hard hill in the finale

Paestum - Napoli

155.0 km, +2770 m. Bike ride in Comune di Capaccio Paestum, Campania

ridewithgps.com

 

[gavia88]

it's still a very poor route this Giro

 

[pastronef]

A 180-degree turn*, on cobbles, at 400 metres to go, on a sprint stage, in a GT. What could possibly go wrong?

*technically a 60-degree one followed by a 120-degree one with 30 metres in between

rain?

 

[Escarabajo]

This is going to be a cakewalk for Vingo and might win by more than 10 miniutes. The others seem to be in really poor form with only Pellizzari seeming to be in good form. Almeida has had a setback, Tiberi seems to have lost his early season form. Carapaz and O'Connor have been really poor up to now

Do we have any reason to ignore Dani Martinez?

 

[Brullnux]

A 180-degree turn*, on cobbles, at 400 metres to go, on a sprint stage, in a GT. What could possibly go wrong?

*technically a 60-degree one followed by a 120-degree one with 30 metres in between

It's a wide turn and the cobbles are much closer to Champs-Elyesees than Arenberg. The bit before the corner is also the 'steepest' part so they'll be very stretched, I think it's a lot less dangerous than flatter, faster, twistier finishes.

At the end of the day, it's a wide, easy turn after a fairly uphill stretch on easy cobbles. They'll probably go into it single file and (for sprint standards) fairly slowly, I agree with the organisers that it's no more likely to cause crashes than a standard finish (unless it rains).

 

[Brumdog66]

Do we have any reason to ignore Dani Martinez?

I think Carapaz early season form is no worse than usual but the injury may be a problem

 

[Netserk]

Do we have any reason to ignore Dani Martinez?

yes

he isnt going to the giro afaik

 

[Ilmaestro99]

A 180-degree turn*, on cobbles, at 400 metres to go, on a sprint stage, in a GT. What could possibly go wrong?

*technically a 60-degree one followed by a 120-degree one with 30 metres in between

Thank god remco isn't racing