21 episodes. 3,400 kilometers… The 107th edition of the Giro d’Italia It is presented as exciting as every year, with a spectacular route and a top-level sporting proposal. Unlike previous years, the Giro d’Italia 2024 It does not start with a time trial but with a first stage where the leadership of the mountain is already at stake.
Winning a big cycle tour is always complicated, even more so Italy is spinning As uncertain as it is, these could be the main stages of Corsa Rosa 2024:
2nd stage: San Francesco Al Campo-Santuario di Oropa, 181 km
It is not a very difficult stage, but on the second day the runners must face the first arrival at high altitude and a first-class pass like the Santuario di Oropa (11.8 kilometers of ascent with an average slope of 6 . 23% and maximum ramps of 13%), the outcome was preceded by two levels of the third level. A stage where losing one of the favorites could cost them valuable time and where Pogacar could wear the pink jersey
7th stage: Foligno-Perugia, 40.6 km
First main stage and first of two days of the Giro d’Italia time trial, marked by the last six kilometers. The first is about 32 km flat and leads to the foot of the final climb to Perugia. The ascent of Casaglia is approached with significant slopes (16%). The last km is uphill with gradients even in double figures. Several curves and slopes before the wide final hairpin leading to the finish line, with a 250m final stretch on cobblestones
8th stage: Spoleta-Prati di Tivo, 152 km
First stage of the highest difficulty in the Giro d’Italia, five stars. Short stage characterized by the absence of flat sections. Once you exit, you climb the Forca di Cerro followed by the Forca Capistrello for 16 km, with an average slope of 5.6% and ramps of 12%. 40 kilometers from the finish line comes the second climb of the day, the Croce Abbio (3rd), where the nearly 30 km descent begins that leads to the foot of the final climb. The descent is characterized by many curves and two long and bright tunnels. The last 14 km is completely uphill to the ski resort, with an average of 7% and peaks of up to 12% along 22 hairpin bends.
14th stage: Castiglione delle Stiviere-Desenzano del Garda, 31.2 km
Second time trial of the Giro d’Italia, by and for specialists. Completely flat with a few undulations, you will cross several villages in a series of slight ups and downs, all gently descending towards the shores of Lake Garda. The last kilometers are mostly straight, with a pair of right-left curves about 300 m from the finish line and the last 200 m straight on six m-wide asphalt.
15th stage: Manerba del Garda-Livigno, 222 km
The longest day of the Giro d’Italia stands out for its mileage (222 km) and its toughness, 5,400 meters of elevation gain and a total of five climbs, the last three over 67 kilometers. High mountain stage with access and arrival above 2000 m. Lodrino climbs first (3rd), followed by the unprecedented Colle San Zeno (2nd, 13.9 km on 6.6% and 14% ramps), whose descent is very long and demanding until reaching Mortirolo (1st, 12, 6 km long at 7.6% average slope and maximum ramp of 16%), climbing the side of Monno. After a delicate descent comes the final climb to Livigno, topped by the Passo di Foscagno. Leaving you facing Eira, where the average gradient remains above 10%, although the road has steep ramps interspersed with short, less steep sections. In the last kilometer, the final ramp has slopes of up to 19%.
16th stage: Livigno-Santa Cristina Valgardena, 202 km
High stage of the mountain, but broken by the valleys of Adige and Isarco, making it composed of three parts. Mountains, including the Foscagno Stelvio (Cima Coppi; 19.6 kilometers of ascent at an average of 7.5% and a maximum slope of 15%). This is followed by a long and steep descent to Passo Pinei (1st) and the arrival in Val Gardena after Santa Cristina. Stage along the roads with relatively wide roads and in good condition. Highlights include the Stelvio tunnels uphill after Bormio and the downhill tunnels (wide and illuminated) in Foresta/Forst before Merano. The last 3 km is almost all uphill, except for a short descent from the center of Santa Cristina to the bridge (-2 km) where the final climb begins, with an average gradient of around 12% with peaks of 16% in the initial part with a narrow hairpin curve
17th stage: Selva di Val Gardena-Passo del Brocon, 159 km
Categorized as maximum difficulty, short and explosive. Stage that leaves not a single meter for rest, with five climbs, two of them first class, including Passo Sella (2nd) at kilometer 8. After passing Passo Sella and descending to valleys of Fassa and Fiemme to Predazzo, demanding climbs and descents follow each other without interruption. Passo Rolle is climbed (19.8 km at 4.8% and a maximum of 10%), followed by Passo Gobbera (3rd) and after Canal San Bovo the first ascent of Passo Brocon (13.3 km, in 6th, 5 on average and a maximum of 12 %) in the northern part. You pass the finish area and a wide and fast descent to Castello Tesino and Pieve Tesino, where the steep final climb begins, with slopes of more than 10%.
20th stage: Alpago-Bassano del Grappa, 184 km
Everything that needs to be decided in the Giro d’Italia will be done in the penultimate stage of the race, marked by toughness. The stage is marked in two parts, with the first 75 ‘leading’ kilometers, before the first of two climbs to Monte Graooa (18.1 kilometers of climbing at an 8.1% average slope and a maximum ramp of 14%). The climb up Monte Grappa winds through a lot of curves and hairpins on a narrow mountain road, before descending at full speed towards Bassano del Grappa
Source: La Verdad
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