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 varied Giro d’Italia with plenty of room for everyone!
For 2024, the Giro d’Italia will be a varied event, with plenty of room for all types of rider profiles, including 6 mountain stages with high altitude finishes, 4 sprint stages, 2 time trials and 5 stages for adventurers. A total of more than 42,900m of positive altitude difference will be climbed over the 3 weeks of the race, less than in previous years. Mythical peaks and finishes are in store, with Santuario di Oropa on stage 2, Monte Grappa, Stelvio, Prati di Livo and more.
Laurence Pithie: a close-knit group!
After starting the season with his first World Tour victory in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, and a flamboyant period of Flandrian classics ending with a 7th place in Paris-Roubaix, Laurence Pithie is back in action for his first Grand Tour. He will be surrounded by a close-knit group that will enable him to express himself to the full on the sprint finishes, as well as on certain hilly stages where his versatile profile will be a major asset.
Stage 1 – Venaria Reale > Torino – 140 km – may, 4th
Stage 2 – San Francesco al Campo > Santuario di Oropa (Biella) – 161 km – may, 5th
Stage 3 – Novaro > Fossano – 166 km – may, 6th
Stage 4 – Acqui Terme > Andora – 190 km – may, 7th
Stage 5 – Genova > Lucca – 178 km – may, 8th
Stage 6 – Torre del Lago Puccini > Rapolano Terme – 180 km – may, 9th
Stage 7 (ITT) – Foligno > Perugia – 40,6 km – may, 10th
Stage 8 – Spoleto > Prati di Tivo – 152 km – may, 11th
Stage 9 – Avezzano > Napoli – 214 km – may, 12th
Stage 10 – Pompei > Cusano Mutri – 142 km – may, 14th
Stage 11 – Foiano di Val Fortore > Francavilla al Mare – 207 km – may, 15th
Stage 12 – Martinsicuro > Fano – 193 km – may, 16th
Stage 13 – Riccione > Cento – 179 km – may, 17th
Stage 14 (ITT) – Castiglione delle Stiviere > Desenzano del Garda – 31,2 km – may, 18th
Stage 15 – Manerba del Garda > Livigno (Mottolino)– 222 km – may, 19th
Stage 16 – Livigno > Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden (Monte Pana) – 202 km – may, 21st
Stage 17 – Selva di Val Gardena/Wolkenstein in Gröden > Passo del Brocon – 159 km – may, 22nd
Stage 18 – Fiera di Primiero > Padova – 178 km – may, 23rd
Stage 19 – Mortegliano > Sappada – 157 km – may, 24th
Stage 20 – Alpago > Bassano del Grappa – 184 km – may, 25th
Stage 21 – Roma > Roma – 135 km – may, 26th
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