Route, profile and schedule of stage 7 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia: Foligno-Perugia (40.6 km, CRI)
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The seventh stage of the 2024 Giro d’Italiawhich comes into play Friday 10th May, aims to be a day that can be key and mark, to a certain extent, the race. It is a 40.6 kilometer individual time trialwith output in Foligno and arrival in Perugia; The first runner to leave will begin his route at 1:00 p.m.and the last one, the leader of the general classification, the wearer of the pink jersey, will start at 16:22 hours; The forecast is that the first classified overall will conclude the time trial around 17:09 hours.
Those 40 kilometers of which the stage consists can be divided into two parts: The first, about 32 kilometers, is flat, and leads to Perugia. It is there where the route becomes tougher, with the Casaglia climb, where there are slopes of up to 16%; To the finish line, the road presents a constant ascent, with sections above 10% in the last kilometers, highlights the organization of the Giro d’Italia, which warns: six and a half kilometers from the conclusion, the 1,300-meter climb to Casaglia It has an average slope that is close to 12%, with peaks of up to 16%.
The only scoring climb of the stage is precisely the end of it, classified as 4th category, in Casaglia.
The day, therefore, offers terrain for specialists, and also for the strongest cyclists on the climbs; It seems clear that it is a day for the runners fighting for the general classification, since 40.6 kilometers is a distance more than enough for there to be significant differences between them.
Go on at EITB this important stage live; eitb.eus starts broadcasting it at 12:50 p.m.and ETB1 joins that broadcast from the 3:00 p.m..
STAGE PROFILE
Profile of stage 7 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. Image: Giroditalia.it.
DATA SHEET
Stage: 7th stage (May 10)
Route: Foligno-Perugia (individual time trial)
Distance: 40.6 km
Accumulated ascending slope: 400m
Closing hour: 13:00 (first runner)
Arrival schedule: 17:09 (last runner, 49 km/h)
Mountain Award: Perugia (4th), at kilometer 40.6.
LAST KILOMETER
Last kilometer of stage 7 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. Image: Giroditalia.it.
CASAGLIA (4TH CATEGORY)
Casaglia, on stage 7 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. Image: Giroditalia.it.
Source: Eitb
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