Giro d'Italia del Centenario - 100th Anniversary of Italy's Grand Tour Bicycle Race
Note: Our 2010 Giro d'Italia map is online: 2010 Giro d'Italia Map.
Below is our Interactive 2009 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 2009 Giro d'Italia © 2008 by James Martin
Giro Stages and Dates
(Links are to user-rated hotels or other lodging in each location)
May 9 — Stage 1: (team time trial) Venice Lido, 20.5 kilometers (12.74 miles).
May 10 — Stage 2: Jesolo to Trieste, 156 kilometers (96.94 miles).
May 11 — Stage 3: Grado to Valdobbiadene, 200 kilometers (124.28 miles).
May 12 — Stage 4: Padua to San Martino di Castrozza, 165 kilometers (102.53 miles).
May 13 — Stage 5: San Martino di Castrozza to Alpe di Siusi, 125 kilometers (77.68 miles)
May 14 — Stage 6: Bressanone to Brixen Mayrhofen, Austria, 242 kilometers (150.38 miles).
May 15 — Stage 7: Innsbruck, Austria to Chiavenna, 244 kilometers (151.62 miles).
May 16 — Stage 8: Morbegno to Bergamo, 208 kilometers (129.25 miles)
May 17 — Stage 9: Circuit of Milan, 155 (96.32 miles).
May 18 — Rest Day
May 19 — Stage 10: Cuneo to Pinerolo, 250 kilometers (155.35 miles). [Recommended B&B Bella Baita]
May 20 — Stage 11: Turin to Arenzano, 206 kilometers (128.01 miles).
May 21 — Stage 12: (individual time trial) Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore, 61.7 kilometers (38.34 miles).
May 22 — Stage 13: Lido di Camaiore to Florence, 150 kilometers (93.21 miles).
May 23 — Stage 14: Campi Bisenzio to Bologna, 174 kilometers (108.12 miles).
May 24 — Stage 15: Forli to Faenza, 159 kilometers (98.8 miles).
May 25 — Stage 16: Pergola to Monte Petrano, 237 kilometers (147.27 miles). [Recommended B&B: La Tavola Marche]
May 26 — Rest Day
May 27 — Stage 17: Chieti to Blockhaus, 79 kilometers (49.09 miles).
May 28 — Stage 18: Sulmona to Benevento, 181 kilometers (112.47 miles).
May 29 — Stage 19: Avellino to Vesuvius, 164 kilometers (101.91 miles).
May 30 — Stage 20: Naples to Anagni, 203 kilometers (126.14 miles).
May 31 — Stage 21: (individual time trial) Rome, 15.3 kilometers (9.51 miles).
The 2009 Giro d'Italia:
Dates: May 9-31, 2009
Where: Venice Lido to Roma, with visits to Venice, Trieste, Milano, Torino, Firenze, Bologna, Napoli and Rome, as well as traditional ski areas in the Alps of Piemonte and the Dolomites. This year the Giro passes through the Alps in France and has stages in Austria.
Length: 21 stages over 3,395.5km.
Map Key
Stages in dark red are thought to indicated the most grueling, exciting stages to watch. Next most likely to be interesting are in yellow. Blue indicates a stage that may not be as hotly contested, or doesn't have as grand a landscape. The coding was based on a survey of Internet Giro sources, but comes mostly from the excellent Workingman's Guide to the Centenary Giro
The best stage to watch? I defer to a report of a Vote by Italian Tifose or cycling fans, who chose the 10th stage, Cuneo to Pinerolo, which loops through the French Alps before heading into Pinerolo across the ski areas made popular by the recent Torino Winter Olympics.