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Giro d'Italia Stage 2 Budapest - Budapest 9. Rest Day 1 Stage 4 Avola - Etna km. Stage 5 Catania - Messina km. Stage 6 Palmi - Scalea km. Stage 7 Diamante - Potenza km. Stage 8 Napoli - Napoli km. Stage 9 Isernia - Blockhaus km. Rest Day 2 Stage 10 Pescara - Jesi km. Stage 11 Santarcangelo di Romagna - Reggio Emilia km. The third stage will see the race's first bunch sprint, with the finish line almost without any corners.
Expect the peloton's best sprinters to be battling and jockeying for position heading into the final couple of kilometres around Lake Balaton.
A stage through inland Sicily with a summit finish, this part of the Giro starts in Avola, and later passes Pantalica and Vizzini on the approach to the volcano. The stage finishes by Rifugio Sapienza - as it has done before - but with a slightly different route this time around. The ascent starts in Ragalna, as in , before shifting to the traditional Nicolosi side for the final 14km. This stage will inevitably see a bunch sprint at the end, after the riders head from Catania in the east of Sicily, to Messina in the north of the island.
The riders will take in the gentle slopes of Portella Mandrazzi, before passing through Villafranca Tirrena and Ganzirri, where the tall steel tower of the former overhead power line is situated, referred to as Pilone dello Stretto. The stage starts with an undulating terrain through Mileto, Vibo Valentia and Pizzo, but soon flattens out as the route follows the Tyrrhenian coast in the Italian region of Calabria.
Expect a fast-running finale for the compact peloton. This stage includes the largest elevation on the entirety of the Giro route in , with m of climbing. Riders will pass through the Calabrian-Lucanian mountains, resembling a gradient normally witnessed on a Dolomite stage. The start along the sea on the east of Italy is the only partially flat stretch, before the demanding climbs begin after Maratea.
The Giro returns to Monte Sirino after 23 years during this stage too, while the riders will climb the challenging Montagna Grande di Viggiano for the first-ever time. A short but intense stage leaves little time for the riders to catch their breath on a series of undulating climbs. Starting in Naples, the race heads to a Bacoli where the riders will cover a 19km circuit five times between Bacoli and Monte di Procida.
At the end of the last lap, the route goes back to Naples, with the closing sprint along the Via Caracciolo seafront - expect a reduced group for this ending. This is a high mountain stage across the Apennines, starting in Isernia and heading towards Rionero Sannitico. The route rises past the Macerone pass, before hitting the first major climb in Roccaraso. The gradients begin to ease off as the route continues mostly downhill to Guardiagrele, but the double climb to Blockhaus begins at the end of that descent.
The stage finale features double-digit gradients along a series of hairpin bends leading to the finish, with the finish the same as in This is truly a mixed stage, with a continuous flat route following the coast lasting for half of the course.
Once the riders reach Civitanova Marche, they won't have many opportunities to recover because a series of demanding climbs, with steep stretches, will meet them.
This will inevitably create a select group that arrives in Jesi for the final sprint. Entirely flat, this stage is also the joint-longest of the Giro this year, alongside stage three in Hungary.
With the route only having just been announced, no General Classification rider has yet to put their hat in the ring for maglia rosa glory. Defending champion Egan Bernal is likely to head to the Tour de France next year which means we should see a new name in pink come Verona on Stage The lack of indivudual time trial kilometres would suggest a pure climber could fare well here, the likes of Hugh Carthy, Simon Yates and Richard Carapaz springinging to mind, although do not discount a returning Tom Dumoulin, Geraint Thomas or Romain Bardet to be among the shake up.
Either way, only one rider will be wearing the maglia rosa on Sunday 29th May in Verona while the rest will have experienced nothing more than a Shakespearean tradegy. A year later than planned, Hungary finally gets its Grande Partenza and kicks things off with an opening stage that finishes with a small climb into Visegrad. Too tough for the pure sprinters, too easy for the General Classification lot, we imagine the first pink jersey will fall in the hands of a punchy classics rider, someone like Diego Ulissi or Sonny Colbrelli, for example.
Day two and a short time trial around the narrow city streets of Budapest. The technical nature of the course coupled with the steep ramp to the line could results in decent time gaps at the finish. This could be an opportunity for specialists, like Joao Almeida, to bank time on rivals. A long, flat stage concludes the Giro's visit to Hungary as the peloton headss to Lake Balaton and the first true sprinters finish of the race.
While the final 50km take place alongside coastline, crosswinds are unlikely so expect all to reach the finish together. First rest day and transfer from Hungary banked, the Giro kicks off Stage 4 on the island of Sicily and the first mountain of this year's race, Mount Etna, the big volcano that has been used on many occasions by the race.
This year's ascent will take in parts of the Ragalna climb used in and Nicolosi climb used in However, big time gaps are unexpected.
The final stage before the Giro reaches the Italian mainland, a km blast down to the Sicilian port city of Messina, the home town of everyone'ss favourite cycling shark, Vincenzo Nibali.
Again, we expect this day to be taken by a sprinter however the ascentof Portella Mandrazzi could give breakaway specialists ideas. Another flat sprinters stage, this time along the Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria, one of the lesser visit regions of the Giro, to the town of Scalea.
This will be one for the very quickmen to contest and for the rest to reach the finish unscathed. Oh yes, this is tasty stage alright. Giro d'Italia stages. Giro d'Italia Stage 2 Budapest - Budapest 9. Rest Day 1 Stage 4 Avola - Etna km. Stage 5 Catania - Messina km.
Stage 6 Palmi - Scalea km. Stage 7 Diamante - Potenza km.
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