Cycling News Flash for November 12, 2005

Edited by Hedwig Kröner

Giro 2006: official announcement of the parcours

The 89th Giro d'Italia from May 6-28, 2006, has been officially unveiled in the Mazda Palace in Milano, Italy, this evening. From the start in Seraing, Belgium, to the finish in Milano, the Giro d'Italia 2006 will total 67 individual time trial kilometers, of which 11 will be up the famous Ghisallo mountain on the very last day of the race. Other mythical mountaintops on the parcours include the Gavia and the Mortirolo just one day prior to that (stage 20), with mountain finishes on the Maieletta as soon as stage 7 and the Bondone in stage 16.

See the next news bulletin for an in-depth look at the Giro parcours by Cyclingnews European editor Tim Maloney.

The stages list as follows:

Stage 1 - May 6: Seraing (Belgium) ITT, 6,2 km
Stage 2 - May 7: Mons - Charleroi/Marcinelle, 203 km
Stage 3 - May 8: Perwez - Namur, 202 km
Stage 4 - May 9: Wanze - Hotton, 182 km
Rest Day - May 10
Stage 5 - May 11: Piacenza - Cremona, TTT, 38 km
Stage 6 - May 12: Busseto - Forlì, 223 km
Stage 7 - May 13: Cesena - Saltara, 230 km
Stage 8 - May 14: Civitanova Marche - Maielletta/Passo Lanciano, 171 km
Stage 9 - May 15: Francavilla al Mare - Termoli, 147 km
Stage 10 - May 16: Termoli - Peschici, 190 km
Rest Day - May 17
Stage 11 - May 18: Pontedera - Pontedera, ITT, 50 km
Stage 12 - May 19: Livorno - Sestri Levante, 165 km
Stage 13 - May 20: Alessandria - La Thuile, 216 km
Stage 14 - May 21: Aosta - Domodossola, 224 km
Stage 15 - May 22: Mergozzo - Brescia, 182 km
Stage 16 - May 23: Rovato - Trento/Monte Bondone, 180 km
Stage 17 - May 24: Termeno - Plan de Corones, 158 km
Stage 18 - May 25: Sillian - Gemona del Friuli, 227 km
Stage 19 - May 26: Pordenone - Passo di San Pellegrino, 220 km
Stage 20 - May 27: Trento - Aprica, 212 km
Stage 21 - May 28: 1st semi-stage: Canzo - Ghisallo, ITT, 11 km
                   2nd semi-stage: Lecco - Milano, 116 km

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