Giro d'Italia

The first week of the 2026 Giro d'Italia closes with a visit to the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, a finish that had not been used since the 2004 edition — the one that seemed destined for Gilberto Simoni... and ended up falling into the hands of the then-unknown Damiano Cunego.

The final 25 kilometres will be almost entirely uphill, in two sections: first Querciola (eleven kilometres, very irregular but with a stretch of more than 3 km at 7.5%); a brief respite; and the finish at Corno alle Scale, also very irregular and where the hardest part is the final 2.7 kilometres, at over 10%. Where will the favourites make their moves? It seems clear that it will be in that final stretch.