The official route of the Giro d'Italia 110 was presented today at the Sala Sinopoli of the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone in Rome. The start is scheduled for Saturday, May 8 from Trieste, while the grand finale will be, as has become recent tradition, in the Capital on Sunday, May 30. The route is particularly demanding, as evidenced by the figure of 50,250 meters of elevation gain, spread across the 3,418.9 kilometers on the program.

FIRST WEEK

The Giro d'Italia 2027 starts from Trieste, and from the first week it alternates opportunities for sprinters, rolling terrain, and the first mountain appointments. The Corsa Rosa provides, for the first stage, departure and arrival in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia city, with a foray into Slovenia in between and three altimetric challenges in the final 40 kilometers. The second stage, from Ljubljana to Koper, will take place entirely in Slovenian territory, while the following one, from Cervignano to Possagno, brings the race back to Italy with an insidious 163-kilometer route.

The Corsa Rosa will then descend into Emilia Romagna with the Argenta - Misano Adriatico stage, with the Marco Simoncelli Autodrome that will likely be the theater of a battle between the sprinters. The first real test for the general classification contenders is scheduled for the fifth stage, from Filottrano, where the Giro d'Italia will pay tribute to Michele Scarponi 10 years after his death, to Sarnano-Sassotetto: just 139 kilometers, but with 3,300 meters of elevation gain, a profile that could already produce significant time gaps. The race continues along the Adriatic coast with Alba Adriatica - Lanciano, before tackling an individual time trial with a mountain-top finish of 19.6 kilometers from Sulmona to Campo di Giove. Over the weekend the Corsa will return to Naples for the sixth consecutive year before climbing on Sunday, May 16 with the Itri - Subiaco-Monte Livata stage, a mountain-top finish already seen last year at the Giro Next Gen and which will close nine very demanding days.

SECOND WEEK

After the first rest day, the race departs from Lazio towards the central Apennines. The Palombara Sabina - Norcia stage, 218 kilometers with 3,600 meters of elevation gain, presents a route with many ups and downs. The next day, the stage from Gualdo Tadino to Scarperia, with a finish at the Mugello Autodrome, is the longest of the race and offers another chance for the sprinters. The race continues in Tuscany with an unprecedented mountain-top finish in the Montecatini Terme - Zeri stage, the Bartali Stage of this edition, in which the Corsa Rosa will discover the Passo dei Due Santi.

The thirteenth stage, from Borgo Val di Taro to Reggio Emilia, instead offers a decidedly simpler profile, with 176 kilometers representing another opportunity for the sprinters. The second weekend promises to be particularly important for the general classification. The program includes on Saturday a 187-kilometer stage with as much as 4,900 meters of elevation gain from Cantù Arena to Piani di Bobbio/Valtorta, which will see the Corsa Rosa climb in order Ghisallo, Culmine di San Pietro, Miragolo San Salvatore and Alino, and on Sunday a 37.3-kilometer time trial from Monza to Milan, with the start inside the National Autodrome.

THIRD WEEK

After the rest day, the Giro enters its decisive phase with the stage from Sondrio to Aprica of 192 kilometers and 5,700 meters of elevation gain: a figure that places it among the hardest days of the entire route. It will be one of the key passages for those aiming for the final victory with the double ascent of the Mortirolo - Pantani Mountain - and the Gavia - Cima Coppi. The next day brings another chance for the sprinters from Chiari to Vo' before returning to the mountains with the Rovereto - Madonna di Campiglio stage, the seventh mountain-top finish of this edition. Following this, the Rovereto - Sacile stage, 199 kilometers long with 3,000 meters of elevation gain, is an ideal opportunity for attackers on the eve of the last mountain-top finish. Six years after Lorenzo Fortunato's victory, the Giro d'Italia returns to Monte Zoncolan in the stage starting from Pordenone and which will see the ascent of the Carnic Alps climbed from the Ovaro side, where Chris Froome triumphed in 2018. Closing the race will be the now traditional closing parade in Rome, which for the fifth consecutive year will see the winner of the Corsa Rosa lift the Trofeo Senza Fine to the sky in the Eternal City.

RACING FROM MAY 8 TO 30

THE STAGES

Saturday 8 - 1st stage - TRIESTE - TRIESTE km 172 - elevation m 2400 - ***
Sunday 9 - 2nd stage - LJUBLJANA - KOPER km 166 - elevation m 2200 - ***
Monday 10 - 3rd stage - CERVIGNANO DEL FRIULI - POSSAGNO km 163 - elevation m 1450 - ***
Tuesday 11 - 4th stage - ARGENTA - MISANO ADRIATICO (Marco Simoncelli Autodrome) km 151 - elevation m 750 - *
Wednesday 12 - 5th stage - FILOTTRANO - SARNANO-SASSOTETTO km 139 - elevation m 3300 - *** mountain-top finish
Thursday 13 - 6th stage - ALBA ADRIATICA - LANCIANO km 148 - elevation m 1700 - ***
Friday 14 May - 7th stage - SULMONA - CAMPO DI GIOVE TUDOR ITT km 19.6 - elevation m 700 - **** mountain-top finish
Saturday 15 - 8th stage - TRASACCO - NAPLES km 219 - elevation m 1300 - **
Sunday 16 - 9th stage - ITRI - SUBIACO-MONTE LIVATA km 180 - elevation m 3150 - **** mountain-top finish
Monday 17 - rest day
Tuesday 18 - 10th stage - PALOMBARA SABINA - NORCIA km 218 - elevation m 3600 - ***
Wednesday 19 - 11th stage - GUALDO TADINO - SCARPERIA (Mugello Autodrome) km 220 - elevation m 2150 - **
Thursday 20 - 12th stage - MONTECATINI TERME - ZERI (Passo due Santi location) km 173 - elevation m 3400 - *** mountain-top finish
Friday 21 - 13th stage - BORGO VAL DI TARO - REGGIO EMILIA km 176 - elevation m 750 - *
Saturday 22 - 14th stage - CANTÙ ARENA - PIANI DI BOBBIO/VALTORTA km 187 - elevation m 4900 - **** mountain-top finish
Sunday 23 - 15th stage - MONZA (National Autodrome) - MILAN TUDOR ITT km 37.3 - elevation m 150 - ***
Monday 24 - rest day
Tuesday 25 - 16th stage - SONDRIO - APRICA km 192 - elevation m 5700 - ***** mountain-top finish
Wednesday 26 - 17th stage - CHIARI - VO' km 194 - elevation m 1100 - **
Thursday 27 - 18th stage - ROVERETO - MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO km 154 - elevation m 4450 - **** mountain-top finish
Friday 28 - 19th stage - ROVERETO - SACILE km 199 - elevation m 3000 - **
Saturday 29 - 20th stage - PORDENONE - MONTE ZONCOLAN km 180 - elevation m 3600 - ***** mountain-top finish
Sunday 30 - 21st stage - ROME - ROME km 131 - elevation m 500 - *

Total km 3,418.9 - elevation m 50,250
average km 162.8