Giro d'Italia route should favour specialist climbers


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 25 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 11 - Porto Sant'Elpidio to Rimini, Italy - October 14, 2020 Spectators wearing protective face masks before the start of the stage REUTERS/Stringer

(Reuters) - This year's Giro d'Italia includes six mountain finishes and seven other hilly stages, organisers said on Wednesday as they announced full details of the route for the May 8-30 race.

The world's second biggest stage race after the Tour de France will this year have a record overall difference in height of 46,900 metres.

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