2027 Giro d'Italia route unveiled: start in Trieste on 8 May, finish in Rome on 30 May

Route and opening days

The 110th Giro d'Italia will start in Trieste on 8 May 2027 and finish in Rome on 30 May, according to the route presented in Rome on 3 November 2026. The race covers 21 stages and 3,418.9 kilometres, a figure the organisers gave. The second stage runs from Ljubljana to Koper, so the race crosses into Slovenia on day two, while the opening stage starts and finishes in Trieste with its first half on Slovenian roads. The peloton returns to Italy for stage three, from Cervignano del Friuli to Possagno. The first three stages are hilly and each ends with a steep wall, which gives puncheurs a realistic shot at the pink jersey. Sprinters must wait until stage four, which ends on the Marco Simoncelli circuit on the Adriatic coast.

Urbano Cairo, president of the RCS Group that organises the race, underlined the significance of the Roman finish at the presentation.

“We will arrive in the capital for the fifth consecutive time, and the ninth time overall.”

Mountains and time trials

The route includes 6 stages for sprinters, 8 medium-mountain stages, 5 high-mountain stages and two individual time trials, with 2 rest days. The Gavia returns to the route after eight years, and the 2,618 metre climb is the Cima Coppi of the race, although the 2019 stage on it was cancelled because of snow. Its last real crossing came in 2014. Stage seven is a half climbing time trial from Sulmona to Campo di Giove, covering 19.6 kilometres and rising 663 metres. The race returns to the Monte Zoncolan, a 10.1 kilometre climb averaging 11.9 per cent with peaks of 22 per cent, and 7sur7 described it as the first return to the steepest slopes of the boot in six years. Monte Livata, a 13.9 kilometre climb at 6.9 per cent, finishes stage nine.

Sprint stages6

Medium-mountain stages8

High-mountain stages5

Individual time trials2

Sprint stages

6 stages

Medium-mountain stages

8 stages

High-mountain stages

5 stages

Individual time trials

2 stages

Data from the article text

Late stages and finale

Stage eight ends in Naples, the southernmost point of the race, and stage 15 is an individual time trial of 37.3 kilometres that starts on the Monza Formula One circuit and finishes in Milan. Stage five starts in Filottrano, a tribute to Michele Scarponi ten years after his death. Rest days fall on 17 and 24 May. The race concludes with nine flat laps on an urban circuit in Rome, the day after the Zoncolan stage, which 7sur7 said makes the final stage a likely decider for the general classification.

Women's race and rider plans

The 38th women's Giro starts in Viareggio on 29 May and finishes in the ski resort of Courmayeur on 6 June, with nine stages that include one climbing time trial and three hard mountain stages with uphill finishes. Because the Vuelta has moved to the autumn, the women's Giro is the first major stage race on the calendar this year. Demi Vollering won this year's women's Giro after taking the pink jersey from Anna van der Breggen on the final day. Jonas Vingegaard won this year's men's race, and Visma-Lease a Bike has not yet said which races he will ride in 2027. Tadej Pogačar, who won the Giro in 2024, plans to focus on the Tour and the Vuelta next year. 7sur7 judged that Remco Evenepoel will skip the Giro, given his spring classics goals, and reported Italian sources saying Paul Seixas and Isaac Del Toro are interested in the race.