Giro d’Italia
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.
A mountainous Giro d’Italia !
For this 2023 edition, the Giro d’Italia will be very mountainous with 7 summit finishes specially suited for climbers. A total of more than 51,400m of ascent will be climbed over the 3 weeks of racing including 3 high altitude stages : 3 stages with more than 5,000m of ascent each, the ones of Crans-Montana, Monte Bondone and Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
Thibaut Pinot back on the Giro, 5 years later for a final battle !
5 years after his last participation in 2018, Thibaut Pinot is back on Italian soil to participate in the last Giro d’Italia of his career. A Grand Tour that he particularly likes which saw him victorious in 2017 on the 20th stage in Asagio. A year that will also see him finish 4th in the general classification. Thibaut Pinot has Italy in his heart and will be keen with his team to perform there.
Stage 1 (ITT) – Fossacesia Marina > Ortona – 19,6 km – may, 6th
Stage 2 – Teramo > San Salvo – 201 km – may, 7th
Stage 3 – Vasto > Melfi – 216 km – may, 8th
Stage 4 – Venosa > Lago Laceno – 175 km – may, 9th
Stage 5 – Atripalda > Salerno – 171 km – may, 10th
Stage 6 – Napoli > Napoli – 162 km – may, 11th
Stage 7 – Capua > Gran Sasso d’Italia – 218 km – may, 12th
Stage 8 – Terni > Fossombrone – 207 km – may, 13th
Stage 9 (ITT) – Savignano sul Rubicone > Cesena – 35 km – may, 14th
Stage 10 – Scandiano > Viareggio – 196 km – may, 16th
Stage 11 – Camaiore > Tortona – 219 km – may, 17th
Stage 12 – Bra > Rivoli – 179 km – may, 18th
Stage 13 – Borgofranco d’Ivrea > Crans Montana – 207 km – may, 19th
Stage 14 – Sierre > Cassano Magnago – 193 km – may, 20th
Stage 15 – Seregno > Bergamo – 195 km – may, 21st
Stage 16 – Sabbio Chiese > Monte Bondone – 203 km – may, 23rd
Stage 17 – Pergine Valsugana > Caorle – 195 km – may, 24th
Stage 18 – Oderzo > Val di Zoldo – 161 km – may, 25th
Stage 19 – Longarone > Tre Cime di Lavaredo – 183 km – may, 26th
Stage 20 (ITT) – Tarvisio > Monte Lussari – 18,6 km – may, 27th
Stage 21 – Roma > Roma – 135 km – may, 28th
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