Giro d'Italia Stage 16 Live - Final Week Opens with Hardest Mountain Test so Far for Del Toro and His GC Rivals

The peloton starts the final week of the Giro in Piazzola sul Brenta with a particularly tough mountain stage. The ride to the mountain village of San Valentino is 203 kilometres long and has an impressive 4900 metres of elevation. Will pink jersey Isaac del Toro also hold out in the high mountains?

Stage 16 of the Giro de Italia 2025, which runs on Tuesday 27 May, will be one of the most demanding of the race. With a journey of 203 kilometers between Piazzola sul Brenta and San Valentino (Brentonic), this day promises strong emotions in the mountain.

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Stage 12 of the Giro de Italia 2025, starting in Piazzola sul Brenta and ending in San Valentino, has a journey of 203 kilometers, spread over five chained mountain ports.

Giro d'Italia Stage 16 Live - Final week opens with hardest mountain test so far for Del Toro and his GC rivals

Riders head from Piazzola sul Brenta to San Valentino, with 203km, almost 5000m of elevation gain and a summit finish to contend with

The third week of the Giro d'Italia begins, the much feared and eagerly awaited third week. It begins with the Piazzola sul Brenta-San Valentino Brentonico of 203 km, a real mountain stage: apart from the first 50 km rather easy, then there are only......