The Course
Frankie Howard will be disappointed that we only start here and don’t go Up Pompei. There is however quite a bit of climbing over a fairly short stage for the Giro. The last climb is 17.9k at 5.7% average but with a bit of flat and a short downhill, the first half is closer to 6% and the second around 7.2% average. The last time this climb was used was 2021 when Lafay won from a break. The fact that Gav hung on for a top 10 should tell you it wasn’t the finishing climb. In fact it was about 50k from the line.