Giro d'Italia - Tour of Italy 2026

The Giro d'Italia, meaning of course the cycling event of touring Italy just like the one's in France and Spain, is one of the major yearly competitions in cycling. In 2026, the Giro d'Italia will take place for the 8th-31st of May for it's 109th edition.

The competitions history goes back over a century, with the first Giro d'Italia being held in 1909. The tour has gone ahead every single year since then, apart from when the two world wars were happening.

Giro d'Italia known as one of the Grand Tour -events, being of course the three tours around Europe. It's sister events are the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana.

Giro d'Italia 2026 - Results & standings

We will update the results and standings of the Giro d'Italia 2026 here. In 2025, the Giro d'Italia champion was Simon Yates of Great Britain.

Giro d'Italia 2026 - The Route

The route of the Giro d'Italia shifts a little from year to year, and has many times taken detours outside of Italy's borders. This is especially prevalent in more modern times.

The 2026 Giro d'Italia route begins a little surprisingly from Bulgaria, where the first three stages will take place. This year's competition will also take the athletes to Switzerland, bringing even more international colour to the event.

The route consists of 21 stages, 3 days of rest, mountain stages, hill stages, flat stages and one time trial. You can find the whole schedule and route along with all the stages below.

Giro d'Italia 2026 – Route highlights

• Start in Bulgaria: 3 stages
• Stage 7: Blockhaus – One of the toughest climbs in the competition
• Mountain stages in the Alps: 14, 16, 19, 20: These will end up most likely determining the winner
• Stage 21: The traditional final stage in Rome

Giro d’Italia 2026 – Stats and special stages:

• Stages: 21
• Total distance: 3 459 km
• Stage types: 9 flat stages, 6 hilly stages, 5 mountain stages, 1 time trial
• Highest point: Passo Giau (2 233 m), stage 19
• Total climbing meters: 48 550 m

Giro d'Italia 2026 - Stages & schedule

The 109th Giro d'Italia will take place between the 8th and 31st of May 2026. The tour consists of 21 stages, covering a total distance of 3 459 kilometres across three countries. In the 2026 edition, the Giro d'Italia will visit Bulgaria, Switzerland and of course Italy itself.

Giro d'Italia 2026 – Teams & startlists

You can find all the teams and startlists for the Giro d'Italia 2026 via this link.

Giro d'Italia teams 2026

There are a total of 23 teams in the Giro d'Italia this year: 18 UCI WorldTeam -teams, 2 UCI ProTeam -teams and 3 wild card teams.

• ALPECIN-PREMIER TECH
• BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
• DECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM
• EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST
• GROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED
• INEOS GRENADIERS
• LIDL-TREK
• LOTTO INTERMARCHÉ
• MOVISTAR TEAM
• NSN CYCLING TEAM
• RED BULL – BORA – HANSGROHE
• SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
• TEAM JAYCO ALULA
• TEAM PICNIC POSTNL
• TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE
• UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG
• UNO-X MOBILITY
• XDS ASTANA TEAM
• PINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
• TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
• BARDIANI CSF 7 SABER
• TEAM POLTI VISITMALTA
• UNIBET ROSE ROCKETS

Giro d'Italia 2026 - TV & livestream

The Giro d'Italia in 2026 is not available for free on tv in the UK, but you can watch the tour on TNT Sports or Eurosport. Live streams of the Giro d'Italia are available on HBO Max.

Giro d'Italia prize money

There will be a total prize pool of 1 606 160 euros for the Giro D'Italia, with the winner receiving 265 688€, second-place 133 412€ and third 68 801€.



In addition to these, each of the 21 stages will have separate prize money for the top 20. The leader of the race carrying the legendary Maglia Rossa jersey will also receive 2000€ per day.

Giro d'Italia - Jerseys explained

Maglia Rosa - Pink jersey:

The general classification leader at the Giro d'Italia carries the maglia rosaa, which is the name of the pink jersey. First debuing in 1931, the colour is inspired by the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport.

Maglia Azzurra - Blue jersey:

The blue jersey, known as the maglia azzurra is the mountain king's journey, given to the rider with the most points on the mountain stages. The colour symbolizes the blue of the sky and heavens along with the trophy for the winner of this jersey.

Maglia Ciclamino - Purple jersey:

Maglia ciclamino, meaning the purple jersey is the points race leader's jersey at the Giro d'Italia.
Maglia Bianca - White jersey:

The white jersey, also known as the maglia bianca, is the jersey of the best young athlete.

Giro d'Italia - History and stats

The Tour of Italy, better known as the Giro d'Italia, has been taking place since 1909.. Below you can find all of the Giro d'Italia winners between 1909-2024 and other notable achievements in the competition's history.




Alfredo Binda (1925-1933), Fausto Coppi (1940-1953) and Eddy Merckx (1968-1974), hold the most titles at the Giro d'Italia, all claiming the trophy five times. In the 90's and 00's no rider has managed to achieve more than two victories.