The 2015 Giro d’Italia route was unveiled in the Milan Palazzo del Ghiaccio on Monday afternoon in the presence of UCI President Brian Cookson.
It will include six mountain finishes, three other testing days of climbing, six stages for the sprinters and a 59.2km individual time trial.
The event will begin with a 17.6km team time trial on May 9 and it will end three weeks later on May 31 with a 185km road stage and seven laps of a city centre circuit.
The riders will cover 3481km during the three weeks, at an average of 165km a day.
View the detailed route below:
May 9, 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
