The 10 essential facts about the terrible route of the Giro d’Italia 2027
This past Tuesday the route of the 110th edition of the Giro d’Italiaan edition of the Corsa Rosa that will start from Italian soil, which will have two time trial stages and which will present a wild last week, in which the privileged positions in the high mountains will be decided.
A route in which the mountains predominate, but which will also reward the most consistent cyclist, the one who does well in the time trial and the one who does not make mistakes.
Throughout the 21 stages, there are many questions and unforeseen events that can make the runners’ day miserable, in an exciting race that lends itself to surprises.
These are some of the key statistics provided by the Giro itself for the next edition of the race:
Friuli-Venezia Giulia hosts the Grande Partenza for the second time, after 1981, when Trieste hosted a 6.6 km prologue starting and finishing in Piazza Unità d’Italia. Knut Knudsen won, ahead of Francesco Moser and Gregor Braun.
Until now the Mortirolo has been climbed 17 times: the first, in 1990, on the Monno slope, with Leonardo Sierra as the first to the top; the last one, in 2025 (Afonso Eulálio)
Trieste It is the starting city of a stage for the 19th time, and hosts a stage finale for the 23rd time.
for the fourth timea stage of the Giro will leave from Slovenia. The precedents: Ljubljana – Tarvisio, stage 16 of 1971, with victory by Dino Zandegù; the Kranj – Lienz, stage 13 in 1994, with victory for Michele Bartoli; and Bled – Gorizia, stage 11 of 2001, conquered by Pablo Lastras.
Naples It hosts its 48th stage finish: in 2026 (starting from Paestum) Davide Ballerini won, achieving his first victory in the Giro there. It is also the sixth consecutive year with an arrival in Naples; You have to go back to 1946-1955 to find another streak of at least six years in a row (then it was ten).
Gavia has been climbed 10 times so far: the first was in 1960 (Imerio Massignan reached the top first), and the last, in 2014 (Robinson Chalapud was first to the summit)
In 2026Milan became the first city to host 90 Giro stage finishes; in 2027 he will reach 91. The last two finishes of a time trial in Milan, in 2020 and 2021, were won by Filippo Ganna.
65 years have passed from the first finish in Aprica (1962, Moena – Aprica: Vittorio Adorni’s first victory in the Giro).
The Gavia It has been climbed 10 times so far: the first was in 1960 (Imerio Massignan reached the top first), and the last, in 2014 (Robinson Chalapud was first to the top).
Until now the Mortirolo It has been climbed 17 times: the first, in 1990, on the Monno slope, with Leonardo Sierra as the first to the top; the last, in 2025 (Afonso Eulálio).
It is the eighth final in the Zoncolan. Precedents and aspect of the final climb: 2003, Sutrio: Gilberto Simoni; 2007, Ovaro: Gilberto Simoni; 2010, Ovaro: Ivan Basso; 2011, Ovaro: Igor Antón; 2014, Ovaro: Michael Rogers; 2018, Ovaro: Chris Froome; 2021, Sutrio: Lorenzo Fortunato.
Rome hosts its 52nd stage finale. The Giro ends in Rome for the ninth time in its history, and it is the first time it has done so in five consecutive editions.
