Giro d'Italia 2022 Course

This year the 105th edition of the Giro d'Italia 2022 will be held. The round lasts 23 days, starts on May 6 in Budapest and finishes on May 29 in Verona. The Giro d'Italia is considered one of the toughest tours in the world. With seven sprint stages, six hill stages, six mountain stages and two exciting time trials, there is a varied route ready.

History of Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia has been held annually since 1909. The tour was invented by the popular sports newspaper Gazette dello Sport, as the Italian counterpart of the Tour de France. The newspaper always appears on a distinctive pink paper. That is why the leader in the general classification also wears a pink jersey. In keeping with national pride, the Giro was always won by an Italian until 1950. Even today, the Italians dominate the round. Since the 1930s, the Giro d'Italia has become a lot harder. From then on, mountain stages such as the Alps and the Dolomites were included in the route. The mountains classification was added in 1933 and since 1966 there has also been a points classification.

Leaderboards and jerseys

The Tour of Italy has four classifications with matching jerseys. The pink jersey is considered the most important.

• Maglia Rosa: the pink jersey for the leader in the general classification.
• Maglia Ciclamino: the purple jersey for the leader in the points classification.
• Maglia Azzurra: the blue jersey for the best climber.
• Maglia Bianca: for the best young rider up to 25 years old.

Giro d'Italia 2022 course

The 2022 Giro d'Italia starts on Friday, May 6 and finishes on Sunday, May 29. Through a mix of long stages, flat sections, time trials and climbs. The first three stages take place in Hungary. Then the pink caravan heads to Italian soil for the last three weeks. The Giro d'Italia consists of 21 stages spread over 23 days. Below is an overview of the stages per week. Read one comprehensive overview of all stages of the Giro d'Italia 2022.

Week 1

The first stage goes from Budapest to a tough finish in Visegrád before the time trialists take over the streets of Budapest in the second stage. The finish is on Szentháromság tér, or Holy Trinity Square, after a short and sharp climb. The third stage is driven over the flat land from Kaposvár to Balatonfüred, a coastal city on Lake Balaton. Then there will be a rest day to move the entire circus to southern Italy. In Sicily, the Giro continues with stage 4, where Mount Etna is immediately climbed. The 5th stage finishes in Messina before the pink caravan reaches the mainland in stage 6 with a finish in Scalea. The race continues north on stage 7, which will be a demanding mid-mountain race with a total ascent of 4,500 metres. Stage 8 is a bumpy course in and around Naples. The climbing intensifies on stage 9 with a double dose and summit finish at Blockhaus, where Nairo Quintana soloed to victory in 2017, 24 seconds ahead of Thibaut Pinot and Tom Dumoulin.

Week 2

The 10th stage is flat in the first half and hilly in the second, before stage 11 is likely to see a bunch sprint in Reggio Emilia. Stage 12 will be another tough test with a downhill finish in Genoa, while stage 13 goes from San Remo to a likely bunch sprint in Cuneo. Stage 14 is a difficult stage in the hills east of Turin with a downhill finish. The 15th stage on Sunday is a mountainous stage with an uphill finish in Cogne in the Aosta Valley.

Week 3

The last week is also the toughest. This week's first stage, stage 16, will take you over the Mortirolo and the Passo di Santa Christina before a downhill finish in Aprica. Stage 17 ends in Lavarone, shortly after the climb of Monte Rovere, a climb of 7.9 kilometers with an average gradient of no less than 9.9 percent. Stage 18 takes in largely flat terrain from Borgo Valsigana to Treviso before stage 19 features 3,230 meters of elevation and an uphill finish to the Santuario di Castelmonte. The 20th stage includes two climbs that were not included in the 2020 stage in Cortina d'Ampezzo due to bad weather: the Passo Pordoi and the Passo Fedaia. The 14 kilometer long final climb at 7.6% serves up a hard second half with only gradients in the double figures. It ends on May 29 with a time trial in Verona. It will consist of 17.1 kilometers. Excitement guaranteed!

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