The route of the men’s 2026 Giro d’Italia is out, featuring plenty of sprint stages, a host of opportunities for the puncheurs, a 40km time trial, and – like the 2026 Tour de France route – backloaded mountains for the maglia rosa hopefuls.
The race, then, has something for everyone, even if fans will have to wait a while for the big GC battle to play out in the Alps and Dolomites.
We know the route, as we do with the Tour, while the Vuelta a España route will be revealed in Madrid on December 17. But we don’t yet know who will be lining up in Bulgaria to take on the 109th edition of the Corsa Rosa.
GC riders
Jonas Vingegaard, who already has two Tour de France wins and one at the Vuelta a España, is keen to complete his Grand Tour ‘set’ before retiring from racing, recently saying that he’d prefer to add the Giro d’Italia to his collection over winning another Tour.
“After the Tour de France and the Vuelta, I still have the Giro left… but we haven’t yet decided if I’ll be competing in it next season,” he said last month. “We still need to discuss it with the team. The Tour obviously remains the biggest objective. But now it’s a question of whether we can combine the two next year.”
Visma-Lease a Bike would probably prefer Vingegaard to focus on July once again next year, but Giro d’Italia organisers have done their best to tempt him to add their race to his calendar.
“We’re working on it,” RCS Sport CEO Paolo Bellino told Cyclingnews recently. “We’re trying to set up a real battle between some ‘grande campione’, some real big names. But I only like to announce things when they’re a done deal.”
Remco Evenepoel has a big choice to make next spring – will the Belgian make his Giro d’Italia return or will he instead race a fuller spring Classics season, possibly including a Tour of Flanders debut?
Whatever he decides, Giro organisers RCS Sport have certainly tried their best to tempt the Olympic champion to their…
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