Giro d'Italia 2010 Map and Travel Information
Below is our Interactive 2010 Giro d'Italia Route Map. It is a schematic map, meaning the routes aren't exactly as shown, but are close enough for our purposes. Click or mouseover the circles with the stage numbers to see a description of that stage.
Map of the 2010 Giro d'Italia © 2010 by James Martin
(For historic purposes, we've left our 2009 Giro d'Italia Map online.)
Giro Stages and Dates
(Links are to user-rated hotels or other lodging in each location)
May 8 — Stage 1: (prologue - time trial) Amsterdam, 8.4 kilometers.
May 9 — Stage 2: Amsterdam to Ultrecht, 209 kilometers.
May 10 — Stage 3: Amsterdam to Middleburg, 209 Kilometers
May 11 Rest day in Savigliano
May 12 — Stage 4: Savigliano to Cuneo, 32.5 Kilometers, Team Time Trial
May 13 — Stage 5: Novara to Novi Ligure, 168 Kilometers (Stay: Agriturismo Verdita)
May 14 — Stage 6: Fidenza to Carrara, 166 Kilometers (Stay: Podere Fiana)
May 15 — Stage 7: Carrara to Montalcino, 215 Kilometers
May 16 — Stage 8: Chianciano Terme to Monte Terminillo, 189 Kilometers (Stay: Il Casale de Mele Rosse)
May 17 — Stage 9: Frosinone to Cava de' Tirreni, 188 Kilometers
May 18 — Stage 10: Avelino to Bitonto, 220 Kilometers
May 19 — Stage 11: Lucera to L'Aquila 256 Kilometers
May 20 — Stage 12: Citta Sant'Angelo to Porto Recanati, 191 Kilometers
May 21 — Stage 13: Porto Recanati to Cesenatico, 222 Kilometers
May 22 — Stage 14: Ferrara to Asolo, 201 Kilometers
May 23 — Stage 15: Mestre (Venice) to Monte Zoncolan, 218 Kilometers
May 24 — Rest day in Friuli
May 24 — Stage 16: S. Vigilio di Marebbe to Plan de Corones, 12.8 Kilometer Time Trial
May 26 — Stage 17: Brunico to Pejo Terme, 173 Kilometers
May 27 — Stage 18: Levico Terme to Brescia, 151 Kilometers
May 28 — Stage 19: Brescia to Aprica, 195 kilometers
May 29 — Stage 20: Bormio to Ponte di Legno, 178 Kilometers
May 30 — Stage 21: Verona, 15.3 Kilometer Time Trial
Total Distance: 3418 Kilometers in 21 Stages.
The 2010 Giro d'Italia:
Dates: May 8-30, 2010
Where: The 2010 Giro d'Italia starts in Amsterdam with the prologue and two starts, them moves to Italy with a rest day in Savigliano before starting the Italian section of the giro. All the cycling from then on out is done in Italy, with the most grueling mountain stages at the end.
Length: 21 stages over 3418km, longer than the last giro, the 100th, which weighed in at 3,395.5km.
Giro Map Key
The green circles give the stage number of the rount they're over. The first three giro stages are in the Netherlands; you see them at the top of the Giro map.
Putting the mouse pointer over the green circle will reward you with a short description of the stage.
The best stage to watch? I Well, if you like climbs, you'll want to check out the Hardest Climbs of the 2010 Giro. Why plan to visit the stages that are hardest? The bikes are in your view longer, the exertion is obvious, and the lunatics on th sidelines are more obnoxious.