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The gradients begin to ease off as the route continues mostly downhill to Guardiagrele, but the double climb to Blockhaus begins at the end of that descent. The stage finale features double-digit gradients along a series of hairpin bends leading to the finish, with the finish the same as in This is truly a mixed stage, with a continuous flat route following the coast lasting for half of the course.

Once the riders reach Civitanova Marche, they won't have many opportunities to recover because a series of demanding climbs, with steep stretches, will meet them. This will inevitably create a select group that arrives in Jesi for the final sprint. Entirely flat, this stage is also the joint-longest of the Giro this year, alongside stage three in Hungary. Riders will head from the start along the ancient Via Emilia towards Bologna, before reaching some of the towns affected by the earthquake - San Giovanni in Persiceto, Crevalcore, Camposanto, Carpi and Correggio.

The route then continues along straight and flat roads towards an expected bunch sprint at the end. This medium mountain stage will likely see plenty of breakaways. The route rises steadily at first, entering Liguria through the Bocco pass, before rapidly descending towards Chiavari. Once the riders reach the coast though, they will climb up to Ruta and then take a challenging ascent to Monte Becco, followed by another climb up to Monte Fasce.

All three climbs are challenging, and will whittle down the peloton before the finish line in Genoa. This stage replicates what the riders faced in the summertime Milan-San Remo, but in the opposite direction. From Sanremo, the route climbs up to Colle di Nava and then turns towards Cuneo. The Cuneo plain will ensure a fast finale all the way to the closing sprint. A short and challenging stage, there is no chance for a rider to catch his breath before he takes yet another challenging hill.

The first ten kilometres from Santena to Chieri are the only ones of the stage that are flat, and from there the peloton will face a circuit two and a half times that ascends to Colle della Maddalena, descends into Moncalieri and takes a punchy climb up to Santa Brigida. The finish line is at the Gran Madre, but the riders will have to climb the Superga hill twice before crossing the line for good. This stage across the Western Alps features lengthy climbs with more generous gradients.

The riders will then be welcomed with successive climbs from Pila up to Le Fleurs, a climb last witnessed 30 years ago on the Giro. This stage is a traditional mountain stage through the Valtellina that brings back some long forgotten climbs.

Riders then climb the Mortirolo from Monno, before descending into Grosio and following the roads of the Sforzato Wine. Finally, the route clears the Santa Cristina pass, last passed in , to reach Aprica. This is a stage divided into two parts: the first starts uphill before downhill lasts for over 70 kilometres; the second is a series of mountainous climbs. After the Monte Rovere categorised climb, the slender peloton will be just a few kilometres away from the finish.

The last summit finish of the Giro d'Italia is a classic Dolomites stage. Starting in Belluno, the route takes a short diversion across the valley of the Piave river.

The finale is the main part of this stage though, featuring three consective climbs. The first is Passo di San Pellegrino, where gradients exceed 15 per cent past Falcade, while the second is Passo Pordoi, and the final climb is Passo Fedaia, which includes the iconic Malga Ciapela straight.

The gradients hover steadily above ten per cent here, but reach as high as 18 per cent in parts. After 14 years, the Marmolada will be hosting another stage finish. The final stage of the Giro d'Italia will be an individual time trial on the Torricelle Circuit, going anti-clockwise. That first 8km uphill straight from the start should provide a good springboard for breakaway artists but we expect the stage to be contested by the big GC men.

Finally a rest from the high mountains with a fast sprinters that is basically downhill all day. We expect this to be a fast one. The winner will be whoever has managed their body best in the high mountains which means a surprise sprinter could take the spoils.

The penultimate 'bumpy' day, Stage 19 takes the peloton for a brief visit to Slovenia although do not expect this to tempt Tadej Pogacar or Primoz Roglic into racing, they have bigger, yellow fish to fry in July. With the giant day that lies in wait the day after, we expect the GC men to leave this to breakaway artists and those whose ambitions of pink are already over.

So Mikel Landa, then. And for our last song, one of the classics. The last roll of the dice for any GC rider hoping to improve their position, we'll be watching this day from start to finish. In fair Verona , where we lay our final scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. The final day of the Giro will be a Who will it be? Complete guide to be released in due course. Sign up for our newsletter Newsletter.

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The starting point of the race changes every year and the finish is usually in the cities of Florence, Verona, Rome or Milan, the city of La Gazzetta dello Sport. The leader of his general classification wears a pink jersey evoking the color of the paper used by this newspaper. Italians Alfredo Binda, Fausto Coppi and Belgian Eddy Merckx hold the record of the event, with five wins each : Alfredo Binda , , , and , Fausto Coppi , , , and and Eddy Merckx , , , and Fausto Coppi is the youngest winner of the Tour of Italy, winner at 20 years, 8 months and 25 days of the Giro