Today is the big day! The 2026 Giro d’Italia starts from Bulgaria where, at 12.50, the first stage will start: from Nessebar to Burgas, 147 km on the Black Sea coast to award the first pink jersey. Today’s stage, flat, includes two laps of a 22 km circuit at the halfway point, detours towards Sozopol with the two transits in the fourth category Gpm of Cape Agalina, and return along the coast towards Burgas. The last kilometer rises slightly with a final bend at 300 meters which will make the sprint unpredictable. Let’s find out, through the Giro odds, who wins the first stage by analyzing the blackboards of the main betting sites.
GIRO: WHO WINS THE FIRST STAGE?
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The big favorite is Jonathan Milan, winner of the points classification of the 2023 and 2024 Giro and the 2025 Tour, who aims to become the first Italian sprinter to win the first road stage since 2003 (Petacchi succeeded). The Italian’s odds fluctuate between 1.85 of Betflag and Goldbet and 1.83 of Eurobet and Planetwin. The French Magnier (odds 4.00), the Dane Lund Andresen (odds 8.00) and the Dutch Groenewegen (odds 8.00) will try to undermine him.
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