Route Preview: Giro d’Italia 2023
The route of the 2023 Giro d’Italia was released this past October. The 21-stage race, the first of three Grand Tour races in the coming season, will take place from May 6-28. Over three weeks teams of riders will race around Italy, starting with a time trial from the Fossacesia Marina and finishing with a race into Rome.
Remco Evenepoel on the verge of winning the 2022 La Vuelta.The route measures 3,449km in length, with 51,300m of climbing. It will be a test for any rider. But, looking over the parcours below, what type of rider might find this edition most rewarding or punishing?
First, who will like this parcours? The inclusion of three time trials (stages 1, 9, 20) will favor the most powerful rouleurs, on the one hand. The significant amount of climbing, both hills and mountains (stages 7, 13, 15, 16, 19) will favor the uphill specialists, on the other hand. The ideal GC rider will be a rugged time trialist who can hang with the mountain goats (with a little help from teammates). Remco Evenepoel is a name already being floated. Primoz Roglic would be a favorite as well.
Second, who will not like this parcours? The sprinters will find less to enjoy with all the hills and mountains to struggle over. Stages 2, 17, and 21 shape up to be sprint finishes. But too many of these stages include a difficult peak or two that will take the kick out of the legs of the pure sprinters. It could be a good situation for riders like Mads Pedersen, who can get out on a breakaway, handle moderate climbing, and beat most any rider who hung with him in the final sprint.
Hump Day News will provide stage profile and rider analysis in the coming year. For now have a look over the parcours and start dreaming of the maglia rosa.
Stage Previews
Stage 1 | Fossacesia - Ortona
2023-05-06 18.4km
Stage 2 | Teramo - San Salvo
2023-05-07 204km
Stage 3 | Vasto - Melfi
2023-05-08 210km
Stage 4 | Venosa - Lago Laceno
2023-05-09 184km
Stage 5 | Atripalda - Salerno
2023-05-10 172km
Stage 6 | Napoli - Napoli
2023-05-11 156km
Stage 7 | Capua - Gran Sasso d'Italia
2023-05-12 218km
Stage 8 | Terni - Fossombrone
2023-05-13 207km
Stage 9 | Savignano sul Rubicone - Cesena (ITT)
2023-05-14 33.6kms
Rest Day 1
2023-05-15
Stage 10 | Scandiano - Viareggio
2023-05-16 190km
Stage 11 | Camaiore - Tortona
2023-05-17 218km
Stage 12 | Bra - Rivoli
2023-05-18 179km
Stage 13 | Borgofranco d'Ivrea - Crans Montana
2023-05-19 208km
Stage 14 | Sierre - Cassano Magnago
2023-05-20 194km
Stage 15 | Seregno - Bergamo
2023-05-21 191km
Rest Day 2
2023-05-22
Stage 16 | Sabbio Chiese - Monte Bondone
2023-05-23 198km
Stage 17 | Pergine Valsugana - Caorle
2023-05-24 192km
Stage 18 | Oderzo - Val di Zoldo
2023-05-25 160km
Stage 19 | Longarone - Tre Cime Lavaredo
2023-05-26 182km
Stage 20 | Tarvisio - Monte Lussari (ITT)
2023-05-27 18.6km
Stage 21 | Rome - Rome
2023-05-28 115km
A sneak peak at the route of the 2023 Giro d’Italia.