Overview
- Race organizers and media guides on Thursday detailed the 109th Giro as running May 8–31 with 21 stages, three Monday rest days, a start in Bulgaria, and a finale in Rome.
- The course spans about 3,466–3,468 km with roughly 48,700 meters of climbing, featuring eight flat days, seven medium-mountain stages, five high-mountain tests, and a single 40.2 km time trial from Viareggio to Massa.
- Coverage highlights early tests at Blockhaus and Potenza, summit finishes at Aosta–Pila, Bellinzona–Carì, and Piancavallo, and the Dolomite stage to Alleghe where Passo Giau at 2,233 meters serves as the Cima Coppi on stage 19.
- Bookmakers make Jonas Vingegaard the clear favorite for the overall title, with odds as short as 1.16, and identify Italy’s Giulio Pellizzari as his main challenger ahead of Egan Bernal, Adam Yates, Jai Hindley, Felix Gall, and Thymen Arensman.
- Italian viewers can watch free on RAI and RaiPlay, while subscribers get full live coverage on Eurosport via Discovery+, HBO Max, and DAZN.