Departure from Turin on 8 May, arriving under the Milan Cathedral on 30. These are the details of the 2021 Giro d'Italia route, unveiled today live on RaiDue by the RCS Sport organizers. Among the 21 stages of the 104th edition, with a record altitude difference of 46,900 meters, there will be two stages against time, six for sprinters, seven for high mountains for a total of six uphill finishes, with two encroachments towards Slovenia and Switzerland. Not far south: excluding Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia, as well as Liguria and Val d'Aosta. Three tributes to the history of Italy: the Great Departure with three stops in Piedmont for the 160th anniversary of the unification of Italy, the passages from Ravenna, Verona and Foligno (the city where the first Divine Comedy was printed in 1472) for the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Siena-Bagno di Romagna for the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the legendary coach Alfredo Martini. The race will be decided uphill where, however, there are few peaks above an altitude of two thousand meters: Campo Felice and Alpe di Mera make their debut and the fearsome Zoncolan returns. But the most awaited stage will be the sixteenth: Pordoi (Cima Coppi), Passo Fedaia (Montagna Pantani), Passo Giau and arrival in Cortina d'Ampezzo, It ends with a time trial: from Senago to Milan, in Piazza Duomo, the last 29 , 4 km to decide the winner.
Giro d'Italia 2021, departure from Turin on May 8, arrival under the Milan Cathedral on 30
2021-02-24T17:16:34.317Z
From 8 to 30 May, six uphill finishes and two time trials (ANSA) Departure from Turin on 8 May, arriving under the Milan Cathedral on 30. These are the details of the 2021 Giro d'Italia route, unveiled today live on RaiDue by the RCS Sport organizers. Among the 21 stages of the 104th edition, with a record altitude difference of 46,900 meters, there will be two stages against time, six for sprinters, seven for high mountains for a total of six uphill finishes,