Giro d'Italia Rate the 2026 Giro d'Italia route

[Krzysztof_O]

I gave it 4, weak route by Giro standards.

The Dolomites stage is epic with tons of elevation gain and going near majestic rocky giants (i.e. finish near Civetta, going close to Tofane). But you know what? The GC action on Giau is far from guaranteed as there is still a lot of climbing afterwards. They may opt for the last muro attacks as there's still a difficult MTF the day after.

Other than that a bunch of unipuerto stages straight from Vuelta, some decent MTFs. Alps are so underused. No Lombardia, no epic combo (huge climb + shallow finish) included i.e. Mortirolo, Stelvio or Finestre (while Fauniera is still just a wet dream). Too many breakaway stages.

 

[hrotha]

Guys can you please stop trolling with your 10's, it's working too well on me

 

[Brullnux]

Something remarkable is that only five stages have a climb Cat 3 or harder in the first third of the stage. I think only six have one in the first half of the stage.

 

[Red Rick]

Another one is that only 2 stages go over 1700m in altitude, and only 4 climbs go over it.