The Route: 168KM and 3,500m of vertical gain. It’s uphill for 7km at the start. Monte Urano is a steep climb but otherwise ...

A time trial, today’s stage accounts for a third of the Giro’s kilometres against the clock so this in an important day for the GC contenders. Monte Carlo simulation: Albania looked the part.

The Giro d’Italia starts with a hilly stage from the coast to the capital. The Route: 160km and after a spin along the sea front, it’s inland to Elbasan, once the home of Albania’s steel industry, now ...