Stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia leads riders north with the opening part alongside the Adriatic shoreline from the beginning in Martinsicuro and 193km later will ship the products in Fano, which is ripe for a breakaway on Thursday. The first 50km are flat, and when the course veers inland at Fontespina, there are a collection of unrelenting small climbs that construct to the crescendo again on the coast.
The second day within the second week of the Italian Grand Tour has been in comparison with a route from the 2021 Tirreno-Adriatico by race chief Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who stated the string of 10 quick, very punchy late climbs reminded him of a day on the 2021 Tirreno-Adriatico, one the place Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) rode a solo breakaway to a spectacular victory.
Four of these 10 climbs are categorised as class 4, and a closing ascent of Monte Giove is unclassified however with 10 kilometres remaining to the end it tilts skyward with gradients of 20%.
The sharp climb crests on the village of San Costanzo then descends east towards the Adriatic Sea. The 6km method to the end line in Fano will likely be a quick, flat end.
“It’s going to be actually loopy for getting in a break, I believe, until any individual within the bunch has different concepts. But I doubt it, that is stage 12 of the Giro. So everybody else will need their shot within the break and will probably be a tough stage to manage,” Pogačar stated after ending safely within the peloton on Wednesday to stay within the maglia rosa.
Stage 12 Sprints
- Intermediate dash, km. 77.5
- Intergiro bonus dash, km. 147.8
- Time bonus dash, km. 161.4
Stage 12 Mountains
- Osimo (cat. 4), km. 93.2
- Monsano (cat. 4), km. 126.8
- Ostra (cat. 4), km. 138.4
- La Croce (cat. 4), km. 150.6