The race line-up
The Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy in English) is a stage cycling race created in 1909 by the newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport. It is considered as the second most important race of the Grand Tours of the UCI World Tour calendar just behind the Tour de France.
Like the Tour de France and its famous yellow jersey, the Giro d’Italia is categorized by its pink jersey which remembers the colors of the Gazzetta dello Sport, its foundator.
Groupama-FDJ takes on the Italian mountains !
Unlike the previous edition giving place to sprinters with more than 5 sprint finishes, including 4 won by Arnaud Démare and his train, this 2021 edition is hilly and mountainous.
In fact, 47,000m of ascents are planned for all 21 stages, eight of which arrive on top of mountains like the ones of the Zoncolan, the Dolomites and certain passages taken by the Strade Bianche.
Stage 1 (ITT) – Torino > Torino – 8,6 km – 8th may
Stage 2 – Stupinigi > Novara – 179 km – 9th may
Stage 3 – Biella > Canale – 190 km – 10th may
Stage 4 – Piacenza > Sestola – 186 km – 11th may
Stage 5 – Modena > Cattolica – 175 km – 12th may
Stage 6 – Grotte di Frasassi > Ascoli Piceno – 160 km – 13th may
Stage 7 – Notaresco > Termoli – 181 km – 14th may
Stage 8 – Foggia > Guardia Sanframondi – 170 km – 15th may
Stage 9 – Castel di Sangro > Campo Felice – 158 km – 16th may
Stage 10 – L’Aquila > Foligno – 139 km – 17th may
Stage 11 – Perugia > Montalcino – 162 km – 19th may
Stage 12 – Siena > Bagno di Romagna – 212 km – 20th may
Stage 13 – Ravenna > Verona – 198 km – 21st may
Stage 14 – Cittadella > Monte Zoncolan – 204 km – 22nd may
Stage 15 – Grado > Gorizia – 146 km – 23rd may
Stage 16 – Sacile > Cortina d’Ampezzo – 212 km – 24th may
Stage 17 – Canazei > Sega di Ala – 193 km – 26th may
Stage 18 – Rovereto > Stradella – 231 km – 27th may
Stage 19 – Abbiategrasso > Alpe di Mera – 176 km – 28th may
Stage 20 – Verbania > Valle Spluga – 164 km – 29th may
Stage 21 (ITT) – Senago > Milano – 29,4 km – 30th may
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