Giro d’Italia 2026 route: almost 50,000 metres of climbing, seven summit finishes, and one 40km-long time trial

Seven summit finishes, almost 50,000 metres of climbing and a single 40km-long individual time trial are the headlines from the route for the 2026 men’s Giro d’Italia.

It begins with three stages in Bulgaria, as already announced, starting on 8 May, before 18 stages from the south to the north of Italy, via Naples, the Apennines, Milan, the Alps and the Dolomites. The 109th Giro finishes in Rome on 31 May.