Published October 24, 2019 10:40AM
Giro d'Italia 2020 route includes high mountains, three time trials, and a return to Stelvio
Giro organizers have unveiled the route for 2020, with a three-stage spell in both Hungary and Sicily, almost 60km of time trials, and a brutal final week all on the menu.
MILAN, ITALY - OCTOBER 24: Trofeo Senza Fine / Trophy / Detail view / aduring the 103rd Giro d'Italia 2020, Route Presentation / #Giro / on October 24, 2019 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Emilio Andreoli/Getty Images) (Photo: Emilio Andreoli/Getty Images)
The 2020 Giro d’Italia is set to be an epic.
Next year’s race will include 10 stages over 200 kilometers, five mountaintop finishes, and a brutal final week. Despite the race including three individual time trials, the average stage length weighs in at over 170km.
The 2020 Giro will open up with three days in Hungary. The opening 8.6km individual time trial will take place in Hungary’s capital Budapest, with two sprint stages coming afterward. The race then transfers to Sicily for three stages. The spell on the Italian island includes a summit finish on Mount Etna on stage 5.
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The race transfers to mainland town Mileto for stage 7 for three sprint or breakaway stages all nearing or above 200km in length as the race winds north up the west coast. The first rest day falls after stage 9.
Two rolling stages follow for stage 10 and 11 before the Giro’s tribute to the Nove Colli gran fondo, which is based in Cesenatico, former home of Marco Pantani. Another sprinter stage follows before the longest time trial of the race, a 33.7km test through the vinyards of Prosecco-country. Stage 15 features another summit finish, atop of the 1290m Piancavallo climb.
Peter Sagan announced during the presentation that he would race the Giro for the first time in 2020, along with his regular quest for the Tour de France green jersey.