Previewing the 107th edition of the
Giro d'Italia (4-26 May 2024)
On Saturday 4th May 2024, the Giro d'Italia returns for its 107th edition.
The Giro d'Italia also known as the Giro is an annual multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first Giro race was organized in 1909 to increase sales of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, and the Giro race is still run by a subsidiary of that paper's owner. The Giro race has been held annually since its first edition in 1909.
The Giro is one of professional cycling's three-week-long Grand Tours, and after theTour de France is the second most importantstage race in the world.
We would encourage anyone interested in watching the race to join us in one of the Official Fan Zones, located in:
Wolfi’s Sheikh Zayed Road Dubai and
Wolfi’s Al Hudayriyat Island, Abu Dhabi.
The UAE Team Emirates team comprises:
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Tadej Pogačar
A Slovenian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He won the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Tour de France.
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Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira
A Portuguese cyclist, who competed in the scratch event at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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Mikkel Norsgaard Bjerg
A Danish cyclist, who won the under-23 individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019 – becoming the first rider to win multiple under-23 time trial world titles.
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Felix Großschartner
Großschartner turned professional in 2012 with RC Arbö–Wels–Gourmetfein. In 2016, he joined UCI Professional Continental team CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice. With this team, he competed in his first Grand Tour: the 2017 Giro d'Italia.
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Vegard Stake Laengen
ANorwegian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. In 2018, he was crowned the Norwegian national road race champion.
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Rafał Majka
A Polish professional road bicycle racer. He is known as a strong climber, and rose to prominence at the 2013 Giro d'Italia, where he finished 7th overall, and 6th one year later; he has taken fifteen victories during his professional career.
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Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides
A Colombian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. Molano competed in the 2023 Vuelta a España and took a win on Stage 12 of the race.
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Domen Novak
A Slovenian cyclist who turned professional in 2017 with UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–Merida, and was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.
THE ROUTE
The 2024 Giro d'Italia, celebrates its 107th edition this year, with the Corsa Rosa starting in Turin on Saturday, May 4 and ending in Rome with a circuit stage around the Colosseum on Sunday, May 26. The route will cover 3,400 kilometres and 44,650 metres in vertical elevation across the 21 days of racing.
- Total Km: 3,400.8
- Average Km:161.9
- Altitude Gain (m):44,650
THE JERSEY
They are the pink (rosa) the leader's jersey, white (bianca) the young rider's jersey, purple/cyclamen (ciclamino) the points jersey and blue (azzurra) the king of the mountains jersey.
MAGLIA ROSA
It’s been the leader’s jersey since 1931. A world icon. A page made of pink fabric, where the history of cycling has been written over the past 90 years. It’s the dream of every child who starts riding a bicycle. It’s the dream of every rider taking to the start of the Giro d’Italia every year.
MAGLIA AZZURRA
Unsurprisingly, the best climber’s jersey is as blue as the sky. Because when you’re pushing to the KOM and you feel that strength is failing, the blue sky above becomes your guiding light, your aim, the goal that keeps you going and a patch of sky will be the reward.
MAGLIA CICLAMINO
Awarded to the leader of the points classification, this jersey is usually a sprinters’ thing. It bears the colour of a fall-blooming flower and represents the determination and grit it takes to be at the front every time, at each intermediate sprint, at each bunch sprint, to and through the final stage.
MAGLIA BIANCA
The jersey for the best young rider is white, just like the sum of all colours. It holds all hopes and dreams.It is, at once, a prize and a wish. A blank page for a new, exciting chapter to be written.
THE STAGES
Stage 1:
Date: Saturday, 4th May 2024
Start/Finish: Venaria Reale - Turin
Distance: 140 km
Type: Hilly
Stage 2:
Date: Sunday, 5th May 2024
Start/Finish: San Francesco al Campo - Santuario diOropa (Biella)
Distance: 161 km
Type: Hilly
Stage 3:
Date: Monday, 6th May 2024
Start/Finish: Novara - Fossano
Distance: 166 km
Type: Flat
Stage 4:
Date: Tuesday, 7th May 2024
Start/Finish: Acqui Terme - Andora
Distance: 190 km
Type: Flat
Stage 5:
Date: Wednesday, 8th May 2024
Start/Finish: Genoa - Lucca
Distance: 178 km
Type: Hilly
Stage 6:
Date: Thursday, 9th May 2024
Start/Finish: Torre del Lago Puccini (Viareggio) -Rapolano Terme
Distance: 180 km
Type: Hilly
Stage 7:
Date: Friday, 10th May 2024
Start/Finish: Foligno - Perugia TUDOR ITT
Distance: 40.6 km
Type: ITT
Stage 8:
Date: Saturday, 11th May 2024
Start/Finish: Spoleto - Prati di Tivo
Distance: 152 km
Type: Mountain
Stage 9:
Date: Sunday, 12th May 2024
Start/Finish: Avezzano - Naples
Distance: 214 km
Type: Flat
Stage 10:
Date: Tuesday, 14th May 2024
Start/Finish: Pompei - Cusano Mutri (Bocca della Selva)
Distance: 142 km
Type: Hilly
Stage 11:
Date: Wednesday, 15th May 2024
Start/Finish: Foiano di Val Fortore - Francavilla al Mare
Distance: 207 km
Type: Flat
Stage 12:
Date: Thursday, 16th May 2024
Start/Finish: Martinsicuro - Fano
Distance: 193 km
Type: Hilly
Stage 13:
Date: Friday, 17th May 2024
Start/Finish: Riccione - Cento
Distance: 179 km
Type: Flat
Stage 14:
Date: Saturday, 18th May 2024
Start/Finish: Castiglione delle Stiviere - Desenzanodel Garda TUDOR ITT
Distance: 31.2 km
Type: ITT
Stage 15:
Date: Sunday, 19th May 2024
Start/Finish: Manerba del Garda - Livigno (Mottolino)
Distance: 222 km
Type: Mountain
Stage 16:
Date: Tuesday, 21st May 2024
Start/Finish: Livigno - Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden (Monte Pana)
Distance: 202 km
Type: Mountain
Stage 17:
Date: Wednesday, 22nd May 2024
Start/Finish: Selva di Val Gardena/Wolkensteinin Gröden - Brocon Pas
Distance: 159 km
Type: Mountain
Stage 18:
Date: Thursday, 23rd May 2024
Start/Finish: Primiero Fair - Padua
Distance: 178 km
Type: Flat
Stage 19:
Date: Friday, 24th May 2024
Start/Finish: Mortegliano - Sappada
Distance: 157 km
Type: Hilly
Stage 20:
Date: Saturday, 25th May 2024
Start/Finish: Alpago - Bassano del Grappa
Distance: 184 km
Type: Mountain
Stage 21:
Date: Sunday, 26th May 2024
Start/Finish: Rome - Rome
Distance: 125 km
Type: Flat