The routes of the 2026 Giro d’Italia and Giro d’Italia Women will be presented in Rome on Monday, December 1, with the two Italian Grand Tours overlapping on the calendar in late May. Both race routes are expected to be mountainous, with limited time trialing, and so suiting the climbers, but with lots of sprint opportunities too.
The Giro d’Italia Women has moved from its usual date in July, during the men’s Tour de France, to May 30-June 7. The men’s Giro d’Italia will be held between May 8-31, meaning the two Italian Grand Tours will overlap for a weekend, after the men’s race starts in Bulgaria.
The Vuelta a España Femenina will be held between May 3-10 and the Tour de France Femmes from August 1-9, making the Giro-Tour double far more appealing and physically possible for the big-name GC contenders.
Del Toro is widely expected to lead UAE Team Emirates-XRG in the Corsa Rosa, while Tadej Pogačar focuses on the Classics and the Tour de France. Rumours of just one flat time trial is reportedly not enough to tempt Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) to ride the Giro, with the German super team expected to send Primož Roglič and young teammate Giulio Pellizzari to the Corsa Rosa as team leaders.
The 2026 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes routes were presented on October 23 in Paris, while the Vuelta a España route presentation will be held on December 17 in Monaco, which will host the race start next August.
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