Giro d’Italia 2024 today, stage 6: schedule, profile and route

Three years ago, between Perugia and Montalcino, the then winner of the Giro d’Italia, Egan Bernal, gave a coup of authority in the race to consolidate the maglia rosa. We don’t know if the same thing will happen this Thursday with Tadej Pogacar, who, like the Colombian, then becomes the leader upon the return of the sterrato in the Italian round. The Slovenian, although he has been playing at random all his career, warned of his supposed intentions at the team presentation in Turin: “We are going to attack in stage 6″.

That day has arrived. The route proposed this year by the organization is not so demanding nor will it have so many kilometers of sterrato like 2021, so two scenarios are possible: that a breakout succeeds or that the men in the general classification take the initiative. In fact, in that last precedent with the land it was the Swiss Mauro Schmid who triumphed from the breakaway. Bernal (11th) It was the first of the favorites.

Thus, of the 180 km that make up the stage, starting in Viareggio and finishing in Rapolano Terme, 11.6 will be between dirt roads, divided into three sectors. The second of them will be the key point of the stage, since the race can be broken in case of attacks. That section, the Grotti, will have 3.4 km of ascent at 4.9% and a maximum slope of 15% in some points. Once crowned, there will be almost 40 km to the finish line. Day for the bravest.

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