{"id":624013,"date":"2026-04-22T17:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624013\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:45:11","slug":"2026-giro-ditalia-stage-21-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624013\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Giro d’Italia stage 21 preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Route(Image credit: RCS Sport)\"Route(Image credit: RCS Sport)<\/p>\n

Start time: 15:40 CET<\/p>\n

Finish time: 18:36 CET<\/p>\n

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For the fourth consecutive year, Rome will host the final ceremonial stage and a final chance for the sprinters to shine, provided they have survived the mountain stages.<\/p>\n

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The 131km stage is essentially identical to recent editions: an out-and-back run to the coast to Ostia before returning to the Eternal City for eight laps of a 9.5km city centre circuit around the Roman ruins of the Fori Imperiali and the Colosseum, with some rough cobbled sections.<\/p>\n

The final kilometres feature only slight changes of direction, and midway through the last kilometre, the road rises at a gradient of around 5%.<\/p>\n

MountainsSprintsRed Bull kilometre: km. 76.6 – 77.7Sprint: Ostia – Fontana dello Zodiac, km. 23.1<\/p>\n

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