The most important information about the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2026
- Tuesday, 19 May: Viareggio - Massa
- 42 kilometres, 50 metres in altitude (individual time trial)
- Start first rider: 13:15
- Finish of last rider: approx. 17:14
- Live ticker and results
The route of the 10th stage of the Tour of Italy
After the second rest day of the Giro d'Italia, another key day is on the agenda for the classification riders. The only race against the clock of this year's Tour of Italy will be held in Viareggio on the Ligurian Sea. 42 kilometres are on the programme. This makes it the longest individual time trial at the Giro since 2015, when almost 60 kilometres had to be completed. It goes to Massa, where a Giro stage ends for the first time ever.
Only 13 bends, just 50 metres in altitude. A high-speed time trial awaits - if the wind isn't coming from the front. The route runs directly along the coast. After the start in Viareggio, the course first leads southwards through an S and two 90-degree bends. Then comes the first of two U-turns and it's back to the start on the other side of the road. The first split time is taken after just over 16 kilometres.
Then it's straight ahead. And directly along the waterline for around 22 kilometres, past the second intermediate time to via le Roma, already in Massa. There, the course makes a small detour away from the water. It climbs just under three kilometres inland to Villa della Rinchiostra. The historic residence is the highest point of the race, where most of the 50 metres of elevation gain are made and the third and final split time is taken. From here, it is three and a half kilometres to the finish in the marina of Massa. U-turn, down to the water, two more bends, then it's over.
Sporting assessment of the 9th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2026
The majority of the classification riders will be dreading this day. With the possible exception of Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) and Thymen Arensman (Netcompany INEOS). For the lightweights, this day is not to their taste at all. No metres in altitude, maybe a lot of wind on top of that. You can really eat up time here. But that will apply to most of them. Vingegaard, on the other hand, could almost make everything clear here. There will be minute gaps, even between the classification riders.
However, Vingegaard will not be able to compete for the stage win either. The route is clearly made for the specialists. Head down, big gear and then just pedal. Filippo Ganna (Netcompany INEOS) is clearly the favourite. The two-time world champion won the dress rehearsal, so to speak, when he won the Tirreno-Adriatico time trial in March. It was held in Lido di Camaiore in the immediate neighbourhood of Viareggio. Almost the entire 11.5 kilometres of that race are part of the Giro time trial. Second behind Ganna at the time: Arensman.
Other contenders for front positions: Magnus Sheffield, another INEOS pro, Rémi Cavagna (Groupama - FDJ United) or Alec Segaert (Bahrain - Victorious).
