Andergram Adventures: Giro D Italia

1	Friday, May 4
	Jerusalem (IL) → Jerusalem (IL)

2	Saturday, May 5
	Haifa (IL) → Tel Aviv (IL)

3	Sunday, May 6
	Be’er Sheva (IL) → Eilat (IL)

R	Monday, May 7
	Rest day
4	Tuesday, May 8
	Catania → Caltagirone

5	Wednesday, May 9
	Agrigento → Santa Ninfa

6	Thursday, May 10
	Caltanissetta → Monte Etna
7	Friday, May 11
	Pizzo → Praia a Mare
8	Saturday, May 12
	Praia a Mare → Montevergine di Mercogliano
9	Sunday, May 13
	Pesco Sannita → Gran Sasso
R	Monday, May 14
	Rest day
10	Tuesday, May 15
	Penne → Gualdo Tadino

11	Wednesday, May 16
	Assisi → Osimo

12	Thursday, May 17
	Osimo → Imola

13	Friday, May 18
	Ferrara → Nervesa della Battaglia

14	Saturday, May 19
	San Vito al Tagliamento → Monte Zoncolan
15	Sunday, May 20
	Tolmezzo → Sappada

R	Monday, May 21
	Rest day
16	Tuesday, May 22
	Trento → Rovereto

17	Wednesday, May 23
	Riva del Garda → Iseo
18	Thursday, May 24
	Abbiategrasso → Prato Nevoso

19	Friday, May 25
	Venaria Reale → Bardonecchia

20	Saturday, May 26
	Susa → Cervinia

21	Sunday, May 27
	Rome → Rome

Total Distance		3563 km

Looking back to history and making history with the Giro, Giro that is already history. This will be a special Giro, and we already knew it right after the Big Start in Jerusalem was announced. This 201st edition will be a surprising one for the first time ever, a Grand Tour will set off outside Europe, and the finish will be in Rome. This has only happened three times before, in 1911, 1950 and 2009.


Today they start in the city of Catania, tomorrow Mt. Etna looming in the background, will be their finish!

The 2018 Giro d’Italia continues on Wednesday with a relatively short 153-kilometre fifth stage from Agrigento to Santa Ninfa in Sicily.

It’s a stage of two halves, with the first part of the day covering a flatter section prior to the first categorized climb of the day at 90km, the Santa Margherita di Belice.

From then on, the riders will have to tackle a series of leg-sapping ups and downs including two further fourth category climbs and then a testing climb prior to the finish line in Santa Ninfa. Perhaps a day for the break to succeed?

Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing) successfully defended his race lead on the previous day’s stage four, which also featured a tough little climb to the finish won by Tim Wellens .

The Australian leads defending Giro champion Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) by just one second overall. British rider Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) is in third at 17 seconds.

Italians love their bike racers!

Dennis could well carry the coveted maglia rosa of race leader into Thursday’s stage six, which features the first mountain finish of the 2018 race: Mount Etna.

The finish on Etna will give the climbers and general classification hopefuls their first real chance to put some serious time into their rivals. It’s unlikely that Dennis will defend the lead, so we should see the pink jersey change hands.

The 2018 Giro d’Italia concludes on Sunday, May 27, in Rome after three weeks of racing.