Welcome to the annual and 10th MG edition of Giro d'Italia and welcome to the very first Grand Tour of the year! We have 21 exciting stages going from Dubrovnik, Croatia to finally end up in Roma, Italy! It's a long journey from our strong field, which have a historical place to behold off with several key riders having their last one shot at supremacy. Damiano Cunego has won 6 Giro d'Italia editions and the new generation is ready to take over!

Aleksandr Pluchkin is here to take his first GT this of this season, as he showed that no one can compare to the "Aleksandr the Great"! He does not have an opposition counting the name Schleck, so his favorite title is hard to get around. A man that can do this is Angel Madrazo! The spaniard have reached the podium 3 times before and now he intends to take his first step on the biggest spot! Vincenzo Nibali has never won this race either, but as his fellow Italians he has never been lucky in this race, now on his old days he might be in for a surprise.

(Short notice : The first 6 stages will be with default leader jerseys, after that it will be the correct leader jerseys)

Winner	2nd	3rd	Year
Andy Schleck	Angel Madrazo	Damiano Cunego	2015
Damiano Cunego	Aleksandr Pluchkin	Angel Madrazo	2014
Taylor Phinney	Angel Madrazo	Simon Spilak	2013
Riccardo Ricco	Emanuele Sella	Domenico Pozzovivo	2012
Damiano Cunego	Emanuele Sella	Vincenzo Nibali	2011
Damiano Cunego	Franco Pelizotti	Riccardo Ricco	2010
Damiano Cunego	Emanuele Sella	Franco Pelizotti	2009
Damiano Cunego	Riccardo Ricco	Andy Schleck	2008
Damiano Cunego	Danilo di Luca	Gilberto Simoni	2007

We start off in Dubrovnik, Croatia for a flat stage around the beautiful small societies and old towns going along the Adriatic Sea and ending up in Spalato for a Mass sprint naming the first stage winner of the race. Before leaving Croatia we go from Sibernik to the city of Lun and now we venture into Italy. In the city of Trieste the boards will be shaken with a Team Time Trial featuring a hilly course, which will stur the race into a new dimension. This dimension starts with a day on both sides of the Etna Vulcano for the first battle between our GC favorites

The sprinters will be back for the Venezia stage before the punchers will be given a chance to take a stage win in Abano Terme. Lastly the first 3rd of the race will end up with a tame Mountain stage going from Montecchio to Sirmione featuring the fearsome Monte Baldo climb.



The 8th stage is one of the hardest in the race with an accumulated 65 km's climbed. Going over the Forcola de Livigno climb to the Passo de Gavia climb, that will have the highest point of this tour. The next stage is a weird one with a Hilly/Moutain climb, but a flat finish that will give the surviving sprinters the edge in Bergamo. Before heading into mountains again the pack will have a short day with hills before action takes of on Pione di Moscogno, the longest climb on the whole MG Calendar. Before we hit an classic stage going from Falzes to Cortina d'Amprezzo with Passo Duran (the highest percentage climb). Ending on the descent of Passo Giau. Rounding off we have 2 stages for the surviving sprinters with bigger cities like Parma and ending up in Pisa.



Now finally we start off in Firenze for a legendary stage going to the mini-put state of San Marino, The path there lies in between 5 classic climbs and from here on the recovery stages really begin to matter. A resting day in Montesilvano will collide with 2 big Mountain stages. The first going from Pescara to the mighty climb of Blockhaus, this is the King stage of this race getting past the Blockhaus climb that is 28 km's long, the winner here will most certainly be the winner of the Giro. Finally we reach the classic climb of Valico di Monte Cristo on a day with 69 km's of climbing. The winner will have to fight for his turf in the hills to come going to Montefiascone and a hilly TT in Porto Santo Stefano to finally go from the Vatican throughout and around Roma. Here the winner will be cheered for and 21 rough days are over!

The Startlist

Rider	MO	HI	TT	RC
Madrazo	85	76	77	80
Pluchkin	85	75	79	78
Alarcon	84	73	66	74
Denifl	84	76	72	71
Henao Montoya	82	71	71	79
Cattaneo	82	70	79	80
Nibali	82	77	77	77
Guldhammer	81	77	71	75
Wellens	81	75	72	80
Kiserlovski	80	75	72	75
Nerz	80	72	73	72
Suaza	80	65	73	76
Olivier	79	75	69	80
Galta	79	72	71	77
König	79	75	74	76
Solis	79	60	59	78

Rider	FL	SP	AC	Rider	FL	SP	AC
Van Stayen	76	83	77	Keukeleire	72	80	79
Howard	76	82	79	Saber	73	79	77
Tzortzakis	74	82	79	Boivin	74	79	80
Guarnieri	76	82	81	Havik	73	79	76
Enger	73	81	78	Pelucchi	74	79	77
Demare	73	80	81	Rowe	78	79	80
Holloway	78	80	82	Silvestre	76	78	79
Van Poppel	72	80	78	Haller	70	78	77
Groenewegen	71	80	79	Merino Criado	73	78	80
Meyer	72	80	76	Brus	71	78	78

Rider	HI	AC	ST	Rider	TT	HI	RS
Gastauer	82	76	78	Zmorka	82	65	75
De Bie	81	75	77	Ford	81	55	64
Pichon	79	76	74	Sergent	80	69	74
Van Stayen	78	77	76	Sütterlin	80	65	77
Kwiatkowski	78	75	74	Martin	79	72	75
Juul-Jensen	78	79	76	Fraile	79	72	76
Dyrnes	78	77	73	Malori	79	68	73
Boswell	78	74	75	Hepburn	79	66	77
Serry	78	69	71	Vorobev	79	65	71
Demare	77	81	75	Olman	79	57	68
Felline	77	78	75	Koren	78	74	75
Vakoc	77	72	73	Li	78	61	68
Villella	77	80	72	Dees	77	72	76
Kangert	77	72	76	Porte	77	71	75