Giro d’Italia 2023 - Stage 19 (Longarone - Tre Cime di Lavaredo) - Route, profile, animation

“Friday, 26 May The toughest day of the Giro - at least on paper - comes on the third last day. The 19th stage climbs to 2,000 metres in the first half before four Alpine giants are on the agenda in the second half. The race is 183 kilometres long and finishes on the famous Three Peaks of Lavaredo. Stage 19 is the penultimate chance for riders who are behind in the overall standings to make up time on their rivals, followed by a tough mountain time trial and a flat circuit race in Rome. The start and finish of the 19th stage were last part of the Giro in 2013, but completely different from this time. The stage that started from Longarone back then led to Treviso, where Mark Cavendish won the sprint ahead of Nacer Bouhanni and Luka Mezgec. That year Vincenzo Nibali won the Three Peaks by riding solo to victory in fog and snow. After starting in Longarone, the 2023 route climbs slowly but surely - and with very modest gradients - to the foot of Passo Campolongo. At its summit, which the riders reach after a climb with a 7% gradient, one half of the stage is done, and by far the easier one. For the second half it is clear: the road either goes up or down. The riders go over Passo Valparola (14.1 kilometres at 5.6%), Passo Giau (9.9 kilometres at 9.3%) and Passo Tre Croci (7.9 kilometres at 7.2%) before an insignificant descent sets up the finale: Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The climb begins with a steep section - 1.4 kilometres at 10.6% - from Lago di Misurina to Lago d’Antorno. After a short descent, the actual final climb begins. Tre Cime di Lavaredo is 7.2 kilometres long, with an average gradient of 7.6%, but the road climbs exclusively in double digits for the last 4 kilometres. As mentioned above, Vincenzo Nibali is the last winner of Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Ten years ago, he emerged from the fog in the pink jersey to claim the first of his two Giro overall victories.“ ( & Routes ’n’ Maps ’n’ Flags) Route data: Creating cycling stage animations requires a lot of work and computing power. You are welcome to support me with a donation: