Giro d’Italia 2014 stage 8 is a 179 km medium mountain stage from Foligno to Montecopiolo. The route also contains the 1358-meter-high Cippo di Carpegna climb.
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Giro d’Italia 2014 stage 7 is a 211 km flat stage from Frosinone to Foligno. At the 172.5th km of the race, the 646-meter high Valica Della Somma climb will be a real challenge for the sprinters.
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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 stage 5 – the first uphill finish of the 2014 edition of the Giro d’Italia is at Stage 5. It is a 203 km medium mountain stage from Taranto to Viggiano.
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Giro d’Italia 2014 stage 4 details: the Giro finally returns back home with Stage 4. It is a 112 km flat stage from Giovinazzo to Bari.
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Giro d’Italia 2014 stage 3 is a 187 km flat stage from Armagh to Dublin (Ireland).
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Giro d’Italia 2014 stage 2 is a 219 km flat stage. The peloton will draw a big circuit in Belfast, Ireland.
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Giro d’Italia 2014 stage 1 details: This year’s Giro d’Italia is starting with a 21.7 km Team-Time-Trial on May 9 in Belfast, Ireland.
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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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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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