The route for the 2015 Giro D'Italia has been announced in Milan this afternoon.
In front of an audience which included World Champion Michael Kwiatkowski, Alberto Contador, Fabian Aru and Rigoberto Uran plus Cadel Evans, who was presented with an award to mark his retirement, the route for the 98th edtiion was unveiled.
The Giro 2015 will start with a team time trial in San Lorenso Al Mare on May 9th and the race will consist of twenty one stages inclding the finish in Turin on May 31st.
As well as the opening team time trial, there are six stages for the sprinters, six mountain finishes and a 59.2km individual time trial from Treviso to Valdobbiadene as well as three days which will require plenty of climbing.
The stage list is as follows:
May 09, Stage 1: San Lorenzo Al Mare - Sanremo (Team time trial), 17.6km
May 10, Stage 2: Albenga - Genoa, 173km
May 11, Stage 3: Rapallo - Sestri Levante, 136km
May 12, Stage 4: Chiavari - La Spezia, 150km
May 13, Stage 5: La Spezia - Abetone, 152km
May 14, Stage 6: Montecatini Terme - Castiglione Della Pescaia, 181km
May 15, Stage 7: Grosseto - Fiuggi, 263km
May 16, Stage 8: Fiuggi - Campitello Matese, 188km
May 17, Stage 9: Benevento - San Giorgio Del Sannio, 212km
May 18, Rest day
May 19, Stage 10: Civitanova Marche - Forlì, 195km
May 20, Stage 11: Forlì - Imola (Autodromo Ferrari), 147km
May 21, Stage 12: Imola - Vicenza (Monte Berico), 190km
May 22, Stage 13: Montecchio Maggiore - Jesolo, 153km
May 23, Stage 14: Treviso - Valdobbiadene (Individual time trial), 59.2km
May 24, Stage 15: Marostica - Madonna Di Campiglio, 165km
May 25, Rest day
May 26, Stage 16: Pinzolo - Aprica, 175km
May 27, Stage 17: Tirano - Lugano, 136km
May 28, Stage 18: Melide - Verbania, 172km
May 29, Stage 19: Gravellona Toce - Cervinia, 236km
May 30, Stage 20: Saint-Vincent - Sestriere, 196km
May 31, Stage 21: Turin - Milan, 185km
