Giro d’Italia 2014 stage 6 details

Giro d’Italia 2014 stage 6 is a 247 km medium mountain stage from Sassano to Montecassino. It is the second-longest stage of this year’s Giro. The Montecassino climb at the end of the stage is another opportunity for the climbers to test their legs.

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Giro d’Italia 2014 stages

The route of the Giro d’Italia 2014, the 97th edition of the Italian grand tour, has been unveiled. The race will start in Belfast, Ireland, on May 9th, Friday; and finish in Trieste, Italy, on June 01, Sunday. There will be a total of 21 stages with three rest days.

The Giro is starting with a Team-Time-Trial in Belfast, Ireland. This year’s Cima Coppi (the summit with the highest altitude reached by cyclists during the Giro d’Italia) will be Passo dello Stelvio, at stage 16. Stage 16 also includes the Passo di Gavia climb. And this year, after 2011, the Monte Zoncolan is back (stage 20).

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Nibali was in Izmir, Turkey

2013 Giro d’Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali was in Izmir (Turkey). In a La Gazzetta dello Sport organization, around 100 riders including Nibali, are traveling by ship and riding their bikes where they visit. The last stop was Izmir, Turkey’s third-biggest city, near the Aegean sea. They rode through Menemen, Manisa, then returned back to Izmir.

I spent my childhood in Menemen, a small district of Izmir. I rode my bike over the very same course for years. Unfortunately, I was not there this time; in fact, I didn’t know there was such an event, so I missed the opportunity to ride with a Giro winner. (Photos: Şafak İnce)

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