The soigneurs and team staff have finished, the team buses have left the carpark and the celebrations have are all but finished.

From everyone at RGT Cycling, Veloviewer and The Cycling Podcast:

Thanks for taking part in the worlds first virtual grand tour!

our giro

21 STAGES OF MAGIC ROADS STARTING MAY 9TH 2020

The Cycling Podcast is award-winning and globally respected, it is the only podcast to provide daily, on-the-ground coverage of all three of professional cycling’s Grand Tours.

RGT and the Cycling Podcast, along with their key partners Iwoca and Veloviewer have come together to present “Our Giro”; a free 21 day Italian adventure.

“Our Giro” is the fourth, or rather the first Grand Tour in a season when some fans had been glumly contemplating life without their favorite sport.

Having for years reported on “La Corsa Rosa” on the ground – from the swooping valleys and towering peaks of the Alps and Dolomites – now The Cycling Podcast’s three hosts have turned race directors:

Parallel to three weeks of acoustic love letters celebrating cycling’s most romantic race, from May 9 to May 31, we invite you to ride the roads of Our Giro, some of them famous, some undiscovered and all spectacular.

From the Gavia to the Agnello, the Fedaia to Mount Etna – this is every cyclist’s chance to test themselves in the sport’s most captivating arena, the crucible of a three-week tour.

Having for years reported on “La Corsa Rosa” on the ground – from the swooping valleys and towering peaks of the Alps and Dolomites – now The Cycling Podcast’s three hosts have turned race directors:

Parallel to three weeks of acoustic love letters celebrating cycling’s most romantic race, from May 9 to May 31, we invite you to ride the roads of Our Giro, some of them famous, some undiscovered and all spectacular.

From the Gavia to the Agnello, the Fedaia to Mount Etna – this is every cyclist’s chance to test themselves in the sport’s most captivating arena, the crucible of a three-week tour.

The Stages

The Cycling Podcast “Our Giro” leaderboard provides a tick-list of the 21 RGT stages to log your progress over the Grand Tour. The leaderboard will help motivate you, whether you are enjoying the satisfaction of ticking off each route, or putting in efforts with the aim to log one of the fastest times. Check out the VeloViewer maps, profiles and stats for each of the stages to discover what you are in for, and plan your racing strategy.

Strava users need to be a member of The Cycling Podcast Strava club to get their times on there but they are shown a link to take them to the club if they are not a member.

Users do not have to be VeloViewer PRO users to get their times populated in the leaderboard.

Stage 1. May 9TH

ITT Budapest

A challenging leg-loosener to start off Our Giro, following an identical route through historic Budapest to what would have the Giro d’Italia’s equivalent stage, and finishing in the shadow of Buda Castle.

Route RGT segment

Stage 2. May 10TH

Györ to Budapest

A challenging leg-loosener to start off Our Giro, following an identical route through historic Budapest to what would have the Giro d’Italia’s equivalent stage, and finishing in the shadow of Buda Castle.

Route RGT segment

Stage 3. May 11TH

from Gödöllö to Tokaj

Our final day in Hungary is one for wine-lovers, with a journey into the vineyards of the Eger region, towards those of world-famous Tokaj, and another uphill RGT finish, this one in the Bükk mountains.

Route RGT segment

Stage 4. May 12TH

Monreale to Agrigento

For Our Giro’s return to Italy, riders are greeted with a trip through the sunbaked central plateau of Sicily – which, as RGT riders will discover, is anything but flat.

Route RGT segment

Stage 5. May 13TH

Agrigento to Modica

One of the most straightforward days of Our Giro as the route hugs Sicily’s southern seaboard, although the road does rise gently to the finish in Modica.

Route RGT segment

Stage 6. May 14TH

Ragusa to Etna

An explosive, potentially stifling day as Our Giro finishes halfway up Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, at Piano Provenzano. One for cool heads and pure climbers.

Route RGT segment

Stage 7. May 15TH

Tropea to Praia a Mare

We finally dock on the Italian mainland and follow the coast north through Calabria. The ascent of Piano di Zanche awaits a by now tiring RGT peloton.

Route RGT segment

Stage 8. May 16TH

Castrovillari to Matera

Matera is one of southern Italy’s little-known gems, although the City of Stones’ status as a UNESCO World Heritage Centre and its election as a European Capital of Culture in 2019 are changing that. A gently undulating route takes us there today.

Route RGT segment

Stage 9. May 17TH

Altamura to Rifugio Calvanico

A brute of a day, finishing atop a climb that acquired almost mythical status a few years ago when locals dubbed it the “Zoncolan of the South” and there was speculation about an imminent premiere in the Giro d’Italia. That wasn’t to be, but Our Giro is coming in May 2020.

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Stage 10. May 19TH

ITT – Amatrice to Castelluccio

Time trial day in Our Giro, though forget any notion of blazing down a drag-strip at 50kph: the route clambers up to the 1535m Forca di Presta in this gruelling homage to the areas worst affected by the earthquakes of 2016 and 2017..

Route RGT segment

Stage 11. May 20TH

Tropea to Praia a Mare

The 1348m ascent of Monte Fumaiolo was a regular on Marco Pantani’s training rides. RGT Our Giro riders face “il Pirata’s” old gymnasium today on stage 11.

Route RGT segment

Stage 12. May 21ST

Cesenatico to Cesenatico

The Apennine Mountains aren’t as feared or revered by cyclists as the Alps or Dolomites, but stage 12 demonstrates why they certainly should not be underestimated. These climbs will be familiar to anyone who has ridden the Granfondo Nove Colli.

Route RGT segment

Stage 13. May 22ND

Ravenna to Padova

Finally some respite for the RGT riders, with only a bit of gentle climbing in the Colli Euganei outside Padova on today’s percorso.

Route RGT segment

Stage 14. May 23RD

Treviso to Feltre

The ascent of Monte Grappa via Monte Tomba gets its world premiere in Our Giro. Be warned: it’s one for small gears and big watts.

Route RGT segment

Stage 15. May 24TH

Belluno to Corvara in Badia

A day of legendary Dolomite climbs, and it’s the toughest of the lot, the Passo di Fedaia otherwise known as the Marmolada that the slaves of the RGT (Magic) roads will be taking on.

Route RGT segment

Stage 16. May 26TH

Mezzolombardo to Aprica

Another day, another date with one of cycling’s most feared ascents. It’s the Mortirolo calling the RGT “gruppo”, whose legs will no doubt be screaming by the time they reach Aprica.

Route RGT segment

Stage 17. May 27TH

Morbegno to Bergamo

The ascent of Monte Grappa via Monte Tomba gets its world premiere in Our Giro. Be warned: it’s one for small gears and big watts.

Route RGT segment

Stage 18. May 28TH

Magenta to Barolo

Again one for the wine buffs, as we head into the Langhe hills, through the vineyards of Barbaresco and Barolo. There are no blockbuster climbs on the route but not much flat road either.

Route RGT segment

Stage 19. May 29TH

Cuneo to Pinerolo

Place names inscribed in cycling lore thanks to Fausto Coppi’s exploits in 1949, but an easier stage than the one “Il Campionissimo” dominated back then. Dish, or rather climb of the day: the 1248m Montoso.

Route RGT segment

Stage 20. May 30TH

Alba to Col Basset

The last climb of Our Giro is Col Basset, a gravel-road detour off the more famous climb to Sestriere, finishing where only eagles dare.

Route RGT segment

Stage 21. May 31ST

ITT – Cernusco sul Naviglio to Milan

Complimenti to anyone who makes it this far, to the final-day time trial finishing in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo, hopefully, with a celebratory plate of risotto milanese.

Route RGT segment

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