Stage 18: Borgo Valsugana – Treviso
- When: Thursday, May 26, starts at 1.40 pm
- Distance: 152 kilometers, arrival around 5.15 pm
- Type: sprint stage
- Difficulty: *
With Wednesday’s stage to Lavarone, the triptych in the Italian Alps is finally over, Friday and Saturday are still two tough mountain stages. In between, the sprinters can once again show what they are worth, in the very last chance of a bunch sprint in this Giro.
After the thousands of vertical meters of the past few days, the fast men will breathe a sigh of relief on Thursday afternoon, although the ride between Borgo Valsugana and Treviso is again not a billiards surface. Fortunately for them there are no real mountains, it is more about hills. After
With his form and team, Arnaud Démare is again the man to beat today. The purple jersey has been hanging around his shoulders for a while and he can therefore win this Giro for the fourth time. Although he will have to watch out for Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl). The Briton was the fastest in the first bunch sprint, ahead of Démare on Hungarian soil and wants to be the same in the very last sprint chance. The hunger will also be great with Fernando Gaviria. The Colombian of UAE Team Emirates has already sprinted to silver twice and finally wants to score this Giro, after all it is his last chance.
Stage 19: Marano Lagunare – Santuario di Castelmonte
- When: Friday 27 May, starts at 12.10 pm
- Distance: 178 kilometers, arrival around 5.15 pm
- Type: transition stage
- Difficulty: ****
A challenging stage with a crossing to Slovenia and finally with an uphill finish, but officially no mountain stage. The stage starts in Marano Lagunare and runs through the lowlands to the hills around Fagagna and Majano. The stage route crosses Buja, reaches the Julian Prealps, passes the Grotte di Villanova (a short but intense climb, cat. 3) and goes over the Passo di Tanamea (cat. 3). The route enters Slovenia through the Uccea Pass, which leads directly to Kobarid (Caporetto). Here the peloton will climb the Kolovrat, with a rise of almost 10% for ten kilometers (with a short rest halfway through the climb).
After passing the Passo Solarie, a long false-flat descent leads back to Italy, winding through the woods. From Cividale del Friuli, the peloton starts the final climb to the Santuario de Castelmonte. The last climb is about seven kilometers long, with a short descent after 2.5 kilometers. The steepest parts (up to 13%) are at the bottom of the climb, when the road starts to rise again after a flat rest. Towards the finish it leveled off again.
Stage 20: Belluno – Marmolada
- When: Saturday 28 May, starts at 12:15 pm
- Distance: 168 kilometers, arrival around 5.15 pm
- Type: mountain stage
- Difficulty: *****
The sixth mountain stage is a worthy conclusion in the Dolomites, with three very tough climbs: the Passo San Pellegrino, the Passo Pordoi and the Marmolada.
The ride starts in Belluno and takes a short detour across the Piave River valley via Sedico, Santa Giustina and Sospirolo before starting the climb. The Passo di San Pellegrino has gradients of over 15% beyond Falcade. The Passo Pordoi is the ‘Cima Coppi’ of this Giro 2022 or highest mountain, with a passage at 2,239 meters. The very last climb of this Giro is the Passo Fedaia (cat. 1), 14 kilometers long where the gradients remain steadily above 10% with a maximum of 18% in the last six kilometers past Malga Ciapela.
Stage 21: Verona – Verona
- When: Sunday 29 May, first rider starts at 13:55
- Distance: 17.4 kilometers, finish last rider around 5.10 pm
- Type: individual time trial
- Difficulty: ***
The Giro d’Italia 2022 ends with a time trial over 17.1 kilometers with start and finish in Verona. The trail has a 5% incline climb halfway through and then a four-kilometer descent back into town, where the finish line is at the beautiful Verona Arena.