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2024 Giro d’Italia overview

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. 

RCS Sport, organisers of the race, have designed a balanced race route that includes two time trials (of 40.6km and 31.2km), along with a Strade Bianche-style gravel stage in Tuscany on stage 6 and six mountain top finishes.

Primož Roglič was the overall winner of the 2023 Giro d’Italia but he will not defend his victory, instead he will focus fully on the Tour de France.

The balanced 2024 route has attracted Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step), Cian Uijtdebroeks and Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), Dani Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe), Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché – Wanty), Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Caleb Ewan and Luke Plapp (Jayco-Visma) and Alberto Dainese (Tudor Pro Cycling).  

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2024 Giro d’Italia Route

The 2024 Giro d’Italia is the 107th edition of the Italian Grand Tour, taking place from May 4-26. 

The 2024 Giro d’Italia route will see the peloton tackle six summit finishes in the daunting stages through the Alps, Apennines and Dolomites, culminating in the final double ascent and descent of the Monte Grappa before a transfer to the capital Rome for a final stage. 

The route also includes the Cima Coppi, Stelvio Pass at 2,758 metres, positioned mid-route on stage 16.

Giro d’Italia Records

Most overall wins: Fausto Coppi, Alfredo Binda, Eddy Merckx (five); Giovanni Brunero, Gino Bartali, Fiorenzo Magni, Felice Gimondi, Bernard Hinault (three).

Most stage wins: Mario Cipollini (42), Alfredo Binda (41), Learco Guerra (31), Constance Girardengo (30), Eddy Merckx (25) … Mark Cavendish (16)

Most mountain classification wins: Gino Bartali (seven); José Manuel Fuentes (four); Fausto Coppi, Franco Bitossi, Claudio Bortolotto, Claudio Chiappucci (three)

Most points classification wins: Francesco Moser, Giuseppe Saronni (four); Roger De Vlaeminck, Johan van der Velde, Mario Cipollini (three)

Most starts: Wladimir Panizza (18); Pierino Gavazzi, Domenico Pozzovivo (17)

Youngest winner: Fausto Coppi, 1940 (20 years and 268 days)

Oldest winner: Fiorenzo Magni, 1955 (34 years and 180 days)

Smallest margin of victory: 11 seconds (Fiorenzo Magni, 1948)

Largest margin of victory: 1:57:26 (Alfonso Calzolari, 1914)

Fastest edition: 2013 (40.113kph)

Giro d’Italia 2024 stages