RedFish
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...The Giro d'Italia kicks off today in the Netherlands with a 9.8km TT.
The stages:
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 6 May
Apeldoorn 9.8 km (6 mi) Individual time trial
2 7 May
Arnhem –
Nijmegen 190 km (118 mi) Flat stage
3 8 May
Nijmegen –
Arnhem 189 km (117 mi) Flat stage
9 May Rest day
4 10 May Catanzaro – Praia a Mare 191 km (119 mi) Medium-mountain stage
5 11 May Praia a Mare – Benevento 233 km (145 mi) Hilly stage
6 12 May Ponte – Roccaraso 165 km (103 mi) Medium-mountain stage
7 13 May Sulmona – Foligno 210 km (130 mi) Hilly stage
8 14 May Foligno – Arezzo 169 km (105 mi) Medium-mountain stage
9 15 May Chianti Classico Stage
Radda in Chianti – Greve in Chianti 40.4 km (25 mi) Individual time trial
16 May Rest day
10 17 May Campi Bisenzio – Sestola 216 km (134 mi) Medium-mountain stage
11 18 May Modena – Asolo 212 km (132 mi) Medium-mountain stage
12 19 May Noale – Bibione 168 km (104 mi) Flat stage
13 20 May Palmanova – Cividale del Friuli 161 km (100 mi) Medium-mountain stage
14 21 May Alpago (Farra) – Corvara (Alta Badia) 210 km (130 mi) Mountain stage
15 22 May Castelrotto/Kastelruth – Alpe di Siusi/Seiseralm 10.8 km (7 mi) Individual time trial
23 May
Rest day
16 24 May Bressanone/Brixen – Andalo 133 km (83 mi) Medium-mountain stage
17 25 May Molveno – Cassano d'Adda 196 km (122 mi) Flat stage
18 26 May Muggio – Pinerolo 234 km (145 mi) Medium-mountain stage
19 27 May Pinerolo – Risoul 161 km (100 mi) Mountain stage
20 28 May Guillestre – Sant'Anna di Vinadio 134 km (83 mi) Mountain stage
21 29 May Cuneo – Torino 150 km (93 mi) Flat stage
Favourites include Team Sky's Landa and Nibali (Astana). It will be Valverde's first Giro remarkably in a very strong Movistar Team. Notable absentees will be last year's winner Contador, Froome, Aru and Quintana. Should be a cracker, with 9 summit finishes, in what is surely the most beautiful GT of them all.
The stages:
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 6 May
2 7 May
3 8 May
9 May Rest day
4 10 May Catanzaro – Praia a Mare 191 km (119 mi) Medium-mountain stage
5 11 May Praia a Mare – Benevento 233 km (145 mi) Hilly stage
6 12 May Ponte – Roccaraso 165 km (103 mi) Medium-mountain stage
7 13 May Sulmona – Foligno 210 km (130 mi) Hilly stage
8 14 May Foligno – Arezzo 169 km (105 mi) Medium-mountain stage
9 15 May Chianti Classico Stage
Radda in Chianti – Greve in Chianti 40.4 km (25 mi) Individual time trial
16 May Rest day
10 17 May Campi Bisenzio – Sestola 216 km (134 mi) Medium-mountain stage
11 18 May Modena – Asolo 212 km (132 mi) Medium-mountain stage
12 19 May Noale – Bibione 168 km (104 mi) Flat stage
13 20 May Palmanova – Cividale del Friuli 161 km (100 mi) Medium-mountain stage
14 21 May Alpago (Farra) – Corvara (Alta Badia) 210 km (130 mi) Mountain stage
15 22 May Castelrotto/Kastelruth – Alpe di Siusi/Seiseralm 10.8 km (7 mi) Individual time trial
23 May
16 24 May Bressanone/Brixen – Andalo 133 km (83 mi) Medium-mountain stage
17 25 May Molveno – Cassano d'Adda 196 km (122 mi) Flat stage
18 26 May Muggio – Pinerolo 234 km (145 mi) Medium-mountain stage
19 27 May Pinerolo – Risoul 161 km (100 mi) Mountain stage
20 28 May Guillestre – Sant'Anna di Vinadio 134 km (83 mi) Mountain stage
21 29 May Cuneo – Torino 150 km (93 mi) Flat stage
Favourites include Team Sky's Landa and Nibali (Astana). It will be Valverde's first Giro remarkably in a very strong Movistar Team. Notable absentees will be last year's winner Contador, Froome, Aru and Quintana. Should be a cracker, with 9 summit finishes, in what is surely the most beautiful GT of them all.
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