The giro begins today : a very steep one for climbers. 14 BIGs inside like recalled in the "read more". All magazines and videos talking about this tour are windows for our BIGs. Look for example to the last part of this video (select Scarponi on Gardeccia 29 aprile) showing Scarponi training on the slopes of the Torri del Vajolet or to the belgian magazine Grinta talking about the legends of Giro like Stelvio or Gavia.
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Here are the stages :
stage 3 : Passo dello Bocco (del Ghiffi)
stage 4 : Monte Taburno - Montevergine (arrival)
stage 9 : Etna (2 times including the arrival)
stage 13 : Hochtor (more precisely 100m lower at a Grossglockner car-park)
stage 14 : Zoncolan (arrival)
stage 15 : Piancavallo, Cibiana, Giau, Fedaia and for the first time the Torri del Vajolet (rifugio Gardeccia - arrival)
stage 19 : Mottarone
stage 20 : Finestre (with the gravelled section)