Etapp 1 Giro d’Italia 2026 Nessebar-Burgas

Resultat, tidschema och karta för etapp 1 Giro d'Italia från Nessebar-Burgas fredag 8 maj 2026.

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Etappe 1 Giro d’Italia 2026 – Italia Rundt

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8 maj

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Om etappen

Rutt
Flat stage with very short rises concentrated in a 22 km circuit that is covered twice around mid-stage. The route follows the coastline and passes the finish line once before heading towards Sozopol, where riders tackle two laps of a fast circuit featuring short undulations, including the KOM at Cape Agalina (twice). Return to Burgas along the coast on fast, flowing roads, finishing in the city centre.
Sista kilometrarna
Wide, mostly straight roads. Slight uphill in the final kilometre. Last corner at 300 m. Finish on 8 m wide asphalt.

Information om deltävlingarna

There are four jerseys in the race: pink, cyclamen, blue and white.

Pink: The maglia rosa – the pink jersey – is the grand prize and the icon of the Giro d’Italia. Along with the elegant Trofeo Senza Fine (trofén utan slut) det är belöningen för ledaren i den övergripande klassificeringen, mannen som slutför sträckan på kortaste kumulativa tid.

Det motsvarar den gula tröjan på Tour de France.

Introducerad 1931 och färgad rosa eftersom La Gazzetta dello Sport – tidningen som skapade loppet – trycks på rosa papper, tröjan beskrivs i Giros Garibaldi-väghållare som ”en sida gjord av rosa tyg där cykelsporthhistorien har skrivits under de senaste 93 åren.”

Med tanke på att tider för ryttare på plattare etapper tas som en av de i en grupp eller peloton, är det de kuperade och bergsetapperna, plus tempoetapper, som gör skillnaden i denna tävling. Tidsbonusar erbjuds också, med de tre bästa männen på var och en av de 19 vägetapperna får 10, 6 och 4 sekunder. Red Bull is sponsoring sprints på varje vägetapp som erbjuder bonusar på 3, 2 och 1 sekund.

In the event of a GC dead heat, organisers will decide the standings based on fractions of a second measured in the race’s time trials, or stage placings if a time trial hasn’t taken place yet.

The pink jersey has gone through a number of different sponsors in recent years, and has another new one for 2026, in the form of the Friuli Venezia-Giulia region.

Alfredo Binda, Fausto Coppi, and Eddy Merckx are the maglia rosa record holders, with five race wins each.

In the race, the leading the GC takes priority over the other classifications, so if a rider is leading multiple classifications, the priority order is: pink, cyclamen, blue, white.

Purple: the points competition.

The maglia ciclamino – cyclamen (or just purple) jersey – marks the top points scorer of the Giro d’Italia, more often than not a sprinter. Similar to the Tour de France’s green jersey, it is battled over by the riders who accumulate points at the end of each stage.

Since 2014, the points on offer have been weighted towards the flatter stages, which offer more points than summit finishes, meaning it is broadly a sprinter’s classification. A single intermediate sprint, usually on a flatter section of the route, on each road stage also offers points, so it’s about more than just winning stages.

The 20 road stages of this year’s race are separated into five difficulty categories with their own points weightings.

A and B category (stages 1, 3, 4, 6, 12, 15, 18, 21): 50, 35, 25, 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points

C category (stages 2, 5, 8, 11, 13, 17): 25, 18, 12, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points

D and E category (stages 7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 19, 20): 15, 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points

Intermediate sprints: 12, 8, 5, 3, 1 points

Mads Pedersen won the points classification in 2025, though won’t be racing in 2026, while Francesco Moser and Giuseppe Saronni hold the record with four wins apiece.

Blue: Mountain Classification

The maglia azzurra – blue jersey – is awarded to the top climber of the Giro, or at least the rider who accumulates to most points on the classified hills and mountains along the way.

With dozens classified climbs spread out over the three weeks of the Giro, there are plenty of chances to rack up points, especially for those strong climbers who consistently make the break of the day – only once in the past 20 years has a podium sitter taken home the jersey.

The mountain classification has been run since 1933 but a jersey – the maglia verde (green) – was introduced in 1974. The jersey has been blue since 2012 to match the colours of the competition sponsor, the Milanese bank, Banca Mediolanum.

Climbs are split into five categories, from the Cima Coppi (more on that below) through to categories one to four, based on the difficulty of the ascent. First-category climbs used as summit finishes get 50 points rather than the usual 40.

Cima Coppi (Passo Giau, etapp 19): 50, 30, 20, 14, 10, 6, 4, 2, 1 points

Första kategorins målgångar (etapp 7, 14, 16 och 20): 50, 24, 16, 9, 6, 4, 2, 1 poäng

Första kategori (9 klättringar): 40, 18, 12, 9, 6, 4, 2, 1 poäng

Andra kategori (13 klättringar): 18, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 poäng

Tredje kategori (17 klättringar): 9, 4, 2, 1 poäng

Fjärde kategori (9 klättringar): 3, 2, 1 poäng

Cima Coppi och sedan första placeringar på första kategorins klättringar fungerar som tiebreaker för tävlingen.

Vit:

Maglia bianca – vit tröja – är priset för racets bästa unga cyklist. I huvudsak är det detsamma som den allmänna klassificeringen, endast begränsad till de under 25 år vid början av kalenderåret.

Tröjan återintroducerades till racet 2007 efter en 12-årig uppehållsperiod under vilken flera, mer komplicerade, tävlingar tilldelades.

Evgeni Berzin, Nairo Quintana, Tao Geoghegan Hart, and Egan Bernal are the only men to win the pink and white jerseys in the same year, though Isaac del Toro came close in 2025, winning white after narrowly losing pink on stage 20.

Intermediate sprints competition

This is the first of several minor classifications. UCI regulations state that WorldTour races can only have four leaders’ jerseys, so the Giro is limited to pink, cyclamen, blue, and white.

The intermediate sprints also count for the overall points competition, but there’s a seperate competition for points scored only in intermediate sprints.

One intermediate sprint (Traguardo Volante or ’TV’ on the stage profiles) lies along the way on each of the 20 road stages at the Giro d’Italia.

Poäng delas ut till de första fem ryttarna över mållinjen – 12, 8, 5, 3, 1 – där dagens utbrytare vanligtvis plockar upp de flesta. De fem bästa ryttarna med flest poäng varje dag får också €500 till €100 enligt en glidande skala, och i slutet av Giro får de fem bästa €8 000, €6 000, €4 000, €2 000 och €1 000.

Fuga Pinarello

Känd som Fuga Pinarello-priset sedan 2013 till minne av den dubbla olympiska bronsmedaljören Cesare Pinarello (och orelaterad till cykelvarumärket), är denna tävling en annan som belönar dem som ger sig ut i utbrytare många gånger under Giros vägsträckor.

Klassificeringen är baserad helt enkelt på vilka ryttare som spenderar flest kilometer utanför pelotongen i utbrottet. Det finns dock några fallgropar – endast utbrytare med färre än 10 ryttare räknas, och förflyttningen måste täcka mer än 5 km tävling.

’Vinnaren’ på varje etapp får hem €200, medan ryttaren i toppen av ställningen vid slutet av loppet får hem €5 000.

Unsurprisingly, this award is a happy hunting ground for the wildcard teams.

Fighting Spirit

The final of four competitions which give the breakaways something to fight over on those long, flat days when there’s little hope of holding off the sprinters, the Fighting Spirit prize rewards the most combative rider each day, as voted for by the general public.

In other races, this race is simply known as the combativity prize.

By its nature, a more subjective competition than those based on time, points, and kilometres, the Fighting Spirit prize is voted on by fans each day. A poll with a maximum of four riders will run each day from 7pm to 7am on the Giro d’Italia’s Twitter page.

The winner each day will ride the next stage with a red number on their back in addition to a €1,000 prize. At the end of the race, the winner takes home €5,000. This prize is awarded on the time trial days as well as on the road stages.

Red Bull Kilometre

Similar to the time bonus sprints in the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia will incorporate a ’Red Bull Kilometre’ in 2026, a sprint separate from the points classification that awards both cash and time bonuses at a point designed to liven up the GC battle.

The sprint can be atop a climb, in the valley between two climbs, early in the stage, late in the stage – enough to keep any contenders on their toes, studiously poring over the road book each evening.

Time bonuses at the sprint amount to 6, 4, and 2 seconds for the first three riders across the line. 15, 8, 5, 3, and 1 points are also handed out at each sprint to contribute towards the overall competition.

With Red Bull’s sponsorship, there’s a lot of cash available in these sprints: €2,500 each day for the winner (€1,500 and €1,000 for second and third) plus a final prize of €15,000 for the overall winner.

Super Team

Detta pris är ett fint namn för lagklassificering, som – liksom vid andra lopp – räknar ihop tiderna för de tre bästa målgångarna från varje lag i slutet av varje etapp. Addera tiderna tillsammans och, precis som i generalklassificering, vinner det lägsta ackumulerade tiden.

Dagliga priser på €500, €300 och €100 delas ut till de tre främsta lagen, medan de fem bästa vid lopp slut tar in €5 000 ned till €1 000.

Resultatet brukar se de främsta GC-skvadronen komma överst.

Cima Coppi

Del av loppet sedan 1965 för att hedra femfaldig vinnare och italiensk cykelhjälte Fausto Coppi, som dog fem år tidigare, Cima Coppi är ett pris som delas ut till den första förare som passerar den högsta klimaxen på Giro d’Italia varje år.

Giants of the Giro such as the Passo Pordoi (the Cima Coppi 14 times), Passo dello Stelvio (11) and the Passo di Giau (seven) have hosted the Cima Coppi more than any other climbs. This year, the Cima Coppi honour goes to the Passo Giau for the eight time, peaking out at 2,230m above sea level.

While the Cima Coppi once saw double mountain classification points awarded for riders across the top, the climb now sees a more modest points scale of 50, 30, 20, 14, 10, 6, 4, 2, and 1. The Cima Coppi is also used as a tiebreaker in the event two or more riders are tied for points at the top of the mountain classification.

Along with the points on offer, winners of the Cima Coppi also receive the Vincenzo Torriani Trophy in honour of the Giro’s legendary long-time director as well as a cash prize.

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