Giro d'Italia 2021
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Latest News from the Race
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Vini Zabù withdraws from the Giro d'Italia after Matteo De Bonis EPO positive
'Our withdrawal from the most important race for Italian cyclists is a gesture of love for cycling' says Italian team -
Vincenzo Nibali’s Giro d'Italia challenge in doubt after training crash
Italian left with broken radius with surgery planned for Thursday -
Jai Hindley and Romain Bardet confirmed for Giro d'Italia
Team DSM target GC and stages in Italy's Grand Tour
RCS Sport revealed the parcours of the 104th edition of the 2021 Giro d'Italia on February 24, laying out another Grand Tour packed with arduous mountain stages, opportunities for the sprinters and an ever increasing level of difficulty through to the final 29.4km time trial in Milan.
The route is less about time trials this year and full of opportunities for sprinters and climbers alike, with home favourites like Elia Viviani (Cofidis) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka Assos) expected to rub shoulders with the likes of Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) in the sprints.
Italian GC contenders Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo), Domenico Pozzovivo (Qhubeka Assos) and Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates) will face down former Tour de France winner Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange), Romain Bardet (Team DSM) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ).
The race opens with a pan flat 9km time trial - tailor made for World Champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and a high probability of getting the Italian into the first maglia rosa.
The sprinters will have to work to stay within reach of the race lead on the second stage, an expected sprint after a flat run-in to Novara, and a lumpier but mostly sprint-friendly stage 3.
Climbers will have a chance to stretch their legs with the first uphill finish in Sestola on stage 4 before the third sprint stage to Cattolica on the Adriatic coast. A trio of uphill finishes punctuate the next five stages with two possible sprints, the short 140km stage 10 to Foligno finishes on the flat, but a climb 39 kilometres out might leave behind some of the fast men.
The second phase brings the general classification contenders to the fore with climbs near the finish of stages 11 and 12, although the sprinters will want to stick around for another pan-flat stage to Verona. The overall classification will have its first serious shake-out on stage 14 with a massive 205km stage finishing on the Monte Zoncolan. A transition stage the next day, only 145km in length, provides a bit of a break before the high-altitude leg breakers on stage 16: the Passos Fedaia, Pordoi and Giau all over 2000 metres scattered across 212 painful kilometres.
Another Tuesday rest day gives riders time to recuperate before the summit finish to Sega di Ala. The race organisers came under fire for trying to put a flat, 258km marathon stage in last year's third week and riders protested having to endure the stage in cold rain until they relented and slashed the distance to 124 kilometres. This year, the last week transition stage is only 228km long, taking the riders to Stradella in Lombardy before hitting two Alpine stages before the final time trial in Milan.
Stages
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Giro d'Italia 20218 May 2021 - 30 May 2021 | Turin | WorldTour
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Stage 1 | Turin - Turin (ITT)2021-05-08 9km
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Stage 2 | Stupinigi - Novara2021-05-09 173km
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Stage 3 | Biella - Canale2021-05-10 187km
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Stage 4 | Piacenza - Sestola2021-05-11 186km
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Stage 5 | Modena - Cattolica2021-05-12 171km
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Stage 6 | Grotte di Frasassi - Ascoli Piceno2021-05-13 150km
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Stage 7 | Notaresco - Termoli2021-05-14 178km
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Stage 8 | Foggia - Guardia Sanframondi2021-05-15 173km
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Stage 9 | Castel di Sangro - Campo Felice2021-05-16 160km
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Stage 10 | l'Aquila - Foligno2021-05-17 140km
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Rest Day 12021-05-18
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Stage 11 | Perugia - Montalcino2021-05-19 163km
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Stage 12 | Siena - Bagno di Romagna2021-05-20 209kms
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Stage 13 | Ravenna - Verona2021-05-21 197kms
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Stage 14 | Cittadella - Monte Zoncolan2021-05-22 205kms
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Stage 15 | Grado - Gorizia2021-05-23 145kms
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Stage 16 | Sacile - Cortina d'Ampezzo2021-05-24 212kms
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Rest Day 22021-05-25
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Stage 17 | Canazei - Sega di Ala2021-05-26 193kms
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Stage 18 | Rovereto - Stradella2021-05-27 228kms
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Stage 19 | Abbiategrasso - Alpe di Mera2021-05-28 178kms
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Stage 20 | Verbania - Valle Spluga-Alpe Motta2021-05-29 164kms
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Stage 21 | Senago - Milano (ITT)2021-05-30 29.4kms
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Latest Content on the Race

Vini Zabù withdraws from the Giro d'Italia after Matteo De Bonis EPO positive
By Simone Giuliani, Daniel Ostanek
News 'Our withdrawal from the most important race for Italian cyclists is a gesture of love for cycling' says Italian team

Vincenzo Nibali’s Giro d'Italia challenge in doubt after training crash
By Cyclingnews
News Italian left with broken radius with surgery planned for Thursday

Jai Hindley and Romain Bardet confirmed for Giro d'Italia
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Elia Viviani returns to track competition at Ghent ahead of Giro d'Italia
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Analysing Ineos Grenadiers’ Giro d’Italia long list
By Daniel Benson
Feature We take a look at the 14 riders in contention for the first Grand Tour of the 2021 season

Bardet and Hindley to ride Tour of the Alps after DSM receive late invitation
By Cyclingnews
News DSM leaders still to confirm 2021 Grand Tour plans

Vini Zabù impose self-suspension from racing after De Bonis EPO positive
By Stephen Farrand
News Tuscan team insists they are not linked to case as they fight to save wild card place at the Giro d’Italia
Top News on the Race
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Landa: I'm going to the Giro d'Italia to try and win
Bahrain Victorious leader says 'anything could happen' on Itzulia Basque Country final stage -
Bardet and Hindley to ride Tour of the Alps after DSM receive late invitation
DSM leaders still to confirm 2021 Grand Tour plans -
Vini Zabù impose self-suspension from racing after De Bonis EPO positive
Tuscan team insists they are not linked to case as they fight to save wild card place at the Giro d’Italia
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Dan Martin returns to Giro d'Italia in 2021 with 'unfinished business'
Irishman crashed out in opening team time trial in Belfast in 2014 -
Remco Evenepoel on track for Giro d'Italia after Tenerife training camp
'He is still a long way from his best level' says coach -
Pogacar eyes possible Giro d'Italia debut in 2022
Tour de France winner starting first-ever Italian stage race as pro at Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday
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Remco Evenepoel: Nothing is holding me back anymore
Belgian cleared to prepare for 2021 season after new scans -
Egan Bernal: I know I'll have to live with back pain, at least for this year
Colombian continues Giro d'Italia build-up at Trofeo Laigueglia -
Simon Yates confirms he will return to Giro d'Italia in 2021
Briton to start season at Strade Bianche in preparation for gravel stage of Grand Tour
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