The second week of racing ends with one of the clearest sprint opportunities on stage 15 ending in Milan. The city returns to host a Giro finish for the first time since 2021, and does so for the 90th time in its history.
The 157km pancake-flat route leaves Voghera and heads north towards Pavia and then follows sections of the historic Milano–Sanremo course to reach Milan. After passing the Chiesa Rossa, riders enter the final circuit of 16.3 km, near the Vigorelli velodrome.
Covered four times, the circuit has very few corners, the last of which comes at 2km from the finish.
Even after the enforced abandons of Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Premier Tech) there are plenty of top sprinters remaining in the Giro d'Italia keen to impact on what could one of two remaining nailed-on opportunities in the 2026 race. (Stage 18 is also possible, but has a tricky, technical finale for the fastmen.) Amongst the favourites are Dylan Groenewegen (Unibet Rose Rockets), Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) the Frenchman already a double stage winner this year and local star Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), who has had several near-misses and will be itching to set the record straight on home soil and in his namesake city, too.
Mountains
none
Sprints
Red Bull kilometre: km. 113.8 - 114.8
Sprint: Pavia, km. 49.6
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