Tour of the Alps 2026, April 20-24

[Sciatic]

This is like the warm-up stage for all the climbing in the next 4 days.

 

[stetre76]

Funny, when you know all the climbs and all the roads they are riding today...
Start/Finish line is some 150m from my office, and part of the course in Innsbruck is some 50m from my home

Yesterday most of the teams were already doing some easy training rides in and around Innsbruck.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Funny, when you know all the climbs and all the roads they are riding today...
Start/Finish line is some 150m from my office, and part of the course in Innsbruck is some 50m from my home

Yesterday most of the teams were already doing some easy training rides in and around Innsbruck.

I remember when I was still at the Uni/working in Innsbruck. That said, I liked last year's route with all my training climbs on the final 2 stages better...

 

[Brullnux]

Stage 1 Today, 20 April Innsbruck and back, 144 km,start 11.55 CET. TV from 13.30 CET (not sure if accurate)

Toughest climb but with 45 km to go to finish -

They repeat this climb, finishing with 30km to go (uncategorised, obviously).

 

[Berniece]

Tommaso Dati for the win today

 

[stetre76]

They could, actually should, have done the "Höttinger Höll" climb, they did in the last lap of the Worlds in 2018.
This would have made an interesting finish.

 

[Rob5091]

They repeat this climb, finishing with 30km to go (uncategorised, obviously).

Yep, my bad (as the kids say)! Twice up the climb and the second time no KOM points.

Edit - Add- I see the bonus sprints give 6,4 and 2 seconds bonus so worth fighting for if possible.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Funny, when you know all the climbs and all the roads they are riding today...
Start/Finish line is some 150m from my office, and part of the course in Innsbruck is some 50m from my home

Yesterday most of the teams were already doing some easy training rides in and around Innsbruck.

same finish as the worlds?

 

[Pantani_lives]

Now that it's fashionable to rename races, I suggest a name change for this one too. Tour of the Alps is meant to sound more international, but the problem is that they only use a small part of the Alps.

Giro del Trentino was a good name, but most people outside of Italy don't know where that region is on a map.

Giro delle Dolomiti is a possibility, but there's already a gran fondo event with that name.

The best solution could be Giro del Tirolo. It sounds catchy, while honouring the Italian roots as well as the Austrian part of the race.

 

[Brullnux]

Now that it's fashionable to rename races, I suggest a name change for this one too. Tour of the Alps is meant to sound more international, but the problem is that they only use a small part of the Alps.

Giro del Trentino was a good name, but most people outside of Italy don't know where that region is on a map.

Giro delle Dolomiti is a possibility, but there's already a gran fondo event with that name.

The best solution could be Giro del Tirolo. It sounds catchy, while honouring the Italian roots as well as the Austrian part of the race.

Giro del Tirolo has the issue of not being (totally) accurate. Trent was only annexed into the country of Tirol in the 19th century, and then 100 years later it was part of Italy. I don't think it's culturally or historically right to make it the Giro del Tirolo, especially as it began as a race that was entirely outside of Tyrol.

The best option, without a doubt, would be to give it its full bureaucratic name: Giro del Euregio Tirolo-Alto Adige-Trentino, or Europaregion Tirol-Südtirol-Trentino Rundfahrt.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pozzovivo will need to get away on the final hills here obviously, if memory serves he isn’t the finest sprinter.

 

[YavorD]

Pozzovivo will need to get away on the final hills here obviously, if memory serves he isn’t the finest sprinter.

I think he "retired" only to quietly train on his sprint and he is planning to surprise a few people here.

 

[Brullnux]

Pozzovivo will need to get away on the final hills here obviously, if memory serves he isn’t the finest sprinter

He was okay in fairness, he came 2nd in a 5 man sprint once.

Edit: sorry got my numbers mixed up. It was 5th in 2 man sprint.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Dirnbauer, Zangerle und Nolde in the break must be the most stereotypical name representation for Team Vorarlberg und Team Austria and this race in general.

 

[YavorD]

He was okay in fairness, he came 2nd in a 5 man sprint once.

Edit: sorry got my numbers mixed up. It was 5th in 2 man sprint.

I was actually living in a world thinking he came 7th in a 2 man sprint.
My apologies, I grossly underrated Pozzo's sprinting abilities.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I think he "retired" only to quietly train on his sprint and he is planning to surprise a few people here.

The remco protocol. Only train your sprint

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The remco protocol. Only train your sprint

Yes and then all races become tactically simple: just hold Pogi's wheel and smash him at the end.

 

[Netserk]

“I want you to put the word out there that we back up”

 

[Rob5091]

I was actually living in a world thinking he came 7th in a 2 man sprint.
My apologies, I grossly underrated Pozzo's sprinting abilities.

I remember seeing Pozzovivio (and Bardet) doing lead out for a bunch sprint - strange but true!

TV up and running but 15 minutes later then I saw online.

 

[Netserk]

finish expected at 15:15

official profile of the main climb

 

[Netserk]

approaching the last ascent now

 

[stetre76]

same finish as the worlds?

No

The finish linie is in the same spot, but getting there (except the last 2k) is different.
The leave out the Höttinger Höll climb, which was part of the last lap during the Worlds

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

This is one of the most boring breakways of the season.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Looks like BOC means business here.

 

[yaco]

Why are the commentators confused about Jayco's leader for today. It is Englehardt.