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Date range:
May 8-30 2010
  • Giro d'Italia, Italy, GT
  • Stages. Expand the race menu
    • Stage 1

      Distance:
      8.4km
      Start location:
      Amsterdam
      End location:
      Amsterdam (ITT)
    • Stage 2

      Distance:
      210km
      Start location:
      Amsterdam
      End location:
      Utrecht
    • Stage 3

      Distance:
      224km
      Start location:
      Amsterdam
      End location:
      Middelburg
    • Rest day

      Location
      Savigliano
    • Stage 4

      Distance:
      33km
      Start location:
      Savigliano
      End location:
      Cuneo (TTT)
    • Stage 5

      Distance:
      162km
      Start location:
      Novara
      End location:
      Novi Ligure
    • Stage 6

      Distance:
      172km
      Start location:
      Fidenza
      End location:
      Marina di Carrara
    • Stage 7

      Distance:
      222km
      Start location:
      Carrara
      End location:
      Montalcino
    • Stage 8

      Distance:
      189km
      Start location:
      Chianciano
      End location:
      Monte Terminillo
    • Stage 9

      Distance:
      187km
      Start location:
      Frosinone
      End location:
      Cava de' Tirreni
    • Stage 10

      Distance:
      230km
      Start location:
      Avellino
      End location:
      Bitonto
    • Stage 11

      Distance:
      262km
      Start location:
      Lucera
      End location:
      L'Aquila
    • Stage 12

      Distance:
      206km
      Start location:
      Città Sant'Angelo
      End location:
      Porto Recanti
    • Stage 13

      Distance:
      223km
      Start location:
      Porto Recanti
      End location:
      Cesenatico
    • Stage 14

      Distance:
      205km
      Start location:
      Ferrara
      End location:
      Asolo (Monte Grappa)
    • Stage 15

      Distance:
      222km
      Start location:
      Mestre
      End location:
      Zoncolan
    • Rest day

      Location
      Friuli
    • Stage 16

      Distance:
      12.9km
      Start location:
      San Vigilio di Marebbe
      End location:
      Plan de Corones (TT)
    • Stage 17

      Distance:
      173km
      Start location:
      Brunico
      End location:
      Pejo Terme
    • Stage 18

      Distance:
      156km
      Start location:
      Levico Terme
      End location:
      Brescia
    • Stage 19

      Distance:
      195km
      Start location:
      Brescia
      End location:
      Aprica
    • Stage 20

      Distance:
      178km
      Start location:
      Bormio
      End location:
      Passa del Tonale
    • Stage 21

      Distance:
      15km
      Start location:
      Verona
      End location:
      Verona (ITT)
  • Race history

A Giro of promise and remembrance

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By: Stephen Farrand

Following the celebrations of the centenary edition of the Giro d'Italia in 2009, this year's race has a more traditional feel and fewer big star names on the start list but promises to be just as spectacular with no dominant favourite for victory and a course that will test riders to their very limit. Lance Armstrong was the star of the race in 2009 despite rarely being competitive in the key mountain stages. He and Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) have opted to ride the Tour of California this year ...

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Stages

  1. Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Farnese Vini) in his new jersey
    Stage 1Saturday, May 8 2010
    Location:
    Amsterdam - Amsterdam (ITT)
    Distance:
    8.4 km
  2. Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) spreads his arms in his increasingly familiar salute
    Stage 2Sunday, May 9 2010
    Location:
    Amsterdam - Utrecht
    Distance:
    210 km
  3. Stefano Garzelli, Alessandro Petacchi, Damiano Cunego, Denis Menchov, Filippo Pozzato, Alessandro Ballan were all at the 2010 Giro d'Italia presentation.
    Stage 3Monday, May 10 2010
    Location:
    Amsterdam - Middelburg
    Distance:
    224 km
  4. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) watches his back
    Rest dayTuesday, May 11 2010
    Location:
    Savigliano
  5. HTC-Columbia won last year's Giro d'Italia TTT.
    Stage 4Wednesday, May 12 2010
    Location:
    Savigliano - Cuneo (TTT)
    Distance:
    33 km
  6. Stage five is under way!
    Stage 5Thursday, May 13 2010
    Location:
    Novara - Novi Ligure
    Distance:
    162 km
  7. Australia's Matthew Lloyd (Omega Pharma-Lotto) soloed to victory in stage six.
    Stage 6Friday, May 14 2010
    Location:
    Fidenza - Marina di Carrara
    Distance:
    172 km
  8. Filippo Pozzato (Team Katusha) finished fifth
    Stage 7Saturday, May 15 2010
    Location:
    Carrara - Montalcino
    Distance:
    222 km
  9. Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) tries to clear the mud from his rear brake
    Stage 8Sunday, May 16 2010
    Location:
    Chianciano - Monte Terminillo
    Distance:
    189 km
  10. Matthew Goss (HTC-Columbia) wins stage nine of the Giro d'Italia
    Stage 9Monday, May 17 2010
    Location:
    Frosinone - Cava de' Tirreni
    Distance:
    187 km
  11. Tyler Farrar (Garmin - Transitions) on the podium after winning stage 10 in Bitonto.
    Stage 10Tuesday, May 18 2010
    Location:
    Avellino - Bitonto
    Distance:
    230 km
  12. Michael Barry (Team Sky)
    Stage 11Wednesday, May 19 2010
    Location:
    Lucera - L'Aquila
    Distance:
    262 km
  13. Heeeeey! Richie Porte (Saxo Bank) gives a quick impression of The Fonz at the start
    Stage 12Thursday, May 20 2010
    Location:
    Città Sant'Angelo - Porto Recanti
    Distance:
    206 km
  14. A start by the sea for stage 13
    Stage 13Friday, May 21 2010
    Location:
    Porto Recanti - Cesenatico
    Distance:
    223 km
  15. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas - Doimo) celebrates his first ever stage victory at the Giro d'Italia.
    Stage 14Saturday, May 22 2010
    Location:
    Ferrara - Asolo (Monte Grappa)
    Distance:
    205 km
  16. Michele Bartoli (Mapei)
    Stage 15Sunday, May 23 2010
    Location:
    Mestre - Zoncolan
    Distance:
    222 km
  17. Ivan Basso on his way to victory
    Rest dayMonday, May 24 2010
    Location:
    Friuli
  18. Jose Rujano finds the only flat section of Plan de Corones: the final eight metres.
    Stage 16Tuesday, May 25 2010
    Location:
    San Vigilio di Marebbe - Plan de Corones (TT)
    Distance:
    12.9 km
  19. The main classification leaders at the start of stage 17 (l-r): Cadel Evans, Richie Porte, Matt Lloyd and David Arroyo.
    Stage 17Wednesday, May 26 2010
    Location:
    Brunico - Pejo Terme
    Distance:
    173 km
  20. The Liquigas-Doimo team controls the peloton during stage 6.
    Stage 18Thursday, May 27 2010
    Location:
    Levico Terme - Brescia
    Distance:
    156 km
  21. The Kuota bikes await the Ag2r-La Mondiale riders
    Stage 19Friday, May 28 2010
    Location:
    Brescia - Aprica
    Distance:
    195 km
  22. Ivan Basso with his coach Aldo Sassi
    Stage 20Saturday, May 29 2010
    Location:
    Bormio - Passa del Tonale
    Distance:
    178 km
  23. Sweden's Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank) en route to an 8th place finish in the Giro opener.
    Stage 21Sunday, May 30 2010
    Location:
    Verona - Verona (ITT)
    Distance:
    15 km

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