2012 Giro d'Italia Stages Revealed

Today was a strange day. ASO, organizer of the Tour de France, apparently enabled a link on their website that displayed the 2012 stages. The problem was quickly corrected. Incredibly, the same thing happened at the Gazzetta dello Sport. The stages were revealed as below. Note: a bird in hand is better than two in the bush, before making reservations it may be worthwhile to wait until the official presentation that will be held on Monday, October 16th in Milano.

Maggio=May, distance, difficulty in stars with 5 the most difficult

5 Maggio Herning – Herning (8,7 km) 3 stelle
6 Maggio Herning – Herning (206 km) 1 stelle
7 Maggio Horsens – Horsens (190 Km) 1 stelle
8 Maggio REST DAY
9 Maggio Verona – Verona (32,2 km) 3 stelle
10 Maggio Modena – Fano (199 km) 1 stelle
11 Maggio Urbino – Porto Sant’Elpidio (207 Km) 3 stelle
12 Maggio Recanati – Rocca di Cambio (202 km) 3 stelle
13 Maggio Sulmona – Lago Laceno (229 km) 3 stelle
14 Maggio San Giorgio nel Sannio – Frosinone (171 km) 1 stelle
15 Maggio Civitavecchia – Assisi (187 km) 2 stelle
16 Maggio Assisi – Montecatini Terme (243 Km) 2 stelle
17 Maggio Seravezza – Sestri Levante (157 km) 3 stelle
18 Maggio Savona – Cervere (121 km) 1 stelle
19 Maggio Cherasco – Cervinia (205 km) 5 stelle
20 Maggio Busto Arsizio – Lecco/Pian dei Resinelli (172 km) 4 stelle
21 Maggio REST DAY
22 Maggio Limone sul Garda – Falzes/Pfalzen (174 km) 3 stelle
23 Maggio Falzes/Pfalzen – Cortina d’Ampezzo (187 km) 5 stelle
24 Maggio San Vito di Cadore – Vedelago (139 km) 1 stella
25 Maggio Treviso – Alpe di Pampeago (197km) 5 stelle
26 Maggio Caldes/Val di Sole – Passo dello Stelvio (218 km) 5 stelle
27 Maggio Milano – Milano (31,5 km) 3 Stelle


The stage information for the 2012 Tour de France that appeared was as below. The official presentation is October 18th.

P Prologue Sat 30 June Liège > Liège 6.1 km
1 Road stage Sun 1 July Liège > Seraing 198 km
2 Road stage Mon 2 July Visé > Tournai 207 km
3 Road stage Tues 3 July Orchies > Boulogne-sur-Mer 197 km
4 Road stage Weds 4 July Abbeville > Rouen 214 km
5 Road stage Thurs 5 July Rouen > Saint-Quentin 197 km
6 Road stage Fri 6 July Épernay > Metz 210 km
7 Road stage Sat 7 July Tomblaine > La Planche des Belles Filles 199 km
8 Road stage Sun 8 July Belfort > Porrentruy 154 km
9 Time trial Mon 9 July Arc-et-Senans > Besançon 38 km
10 Road stage Weds 11 July Mâcon > Bellegarde-sur-Valserine 194 km
11 Mountains Thurs 12 July Albertville > La Toussuire - Les Sybelles 140 km
12 Mountains Fri 13 July Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne > Annonay 220 km
13 Road stage Sat 14 July Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Le Cap d’Agde 215 km
14 Road stage Sun 15 July Limoux > Foix 192 km
15 Road stage Mon 16 July Samatan > Pau 160 km
16 Mountains Weds 18 July Pau > Bagnères-de-Luchon 197 km
17 Mountains Thurs 19 July Bagnères-de-Luchon > Peyragudes 144 km
18 Road stage Fri 20 July Blagnac > Brive-la-Gaillarde 215 km
19 Time trial Sat 21 July Bonneval > Chartres 52 km
20 Road stage Sun 22 July Rambouillet > Paris Champs-Élysées 130 km

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