The 2009 Giro d’Italia will mark Lance Armstrong’s return to grand tour stage racing and it will mark his first appearance at Italy’s premier cycling stage race. Armstrong will have to fight the likes of Ivan Basso, Carlos Sastre, Gilberto Simoni, Danilo Di Luca, and Denis Menchov to earn the right to wear the Maglia Rosa (The Giro’s version of the Yellow Jersey). Below is a schedule of the race along with elevation profiles for each stage:
Unfortunately, no television schedule has officially been released. Cycling.tv will cover all of the stages live for a fee, while Versus will be picking up coverage of the race sporadically.
Update 4/30: Sorry for the lack of info below. The profile links Tyler used have since been removed, and cycling.tv still hasn’t announced the TV schedule yet. We’ll update this post when there is more information, or hop over to cycling.tv to see if they have it update.
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2009 Giro d’Italia Route, Schedule and Dates
| Stage | Date | Type | Distance | Profile | Where | TV Start |
| Stage 1 | 5/9 | TTT | 20.5K | Link | Lido Di Venzia | |
| Stage 2 | 5/10 | FLAT | 156K | Link | Jesolo -> Trieste | |
| Stage 3 | 5/11 | FLAT | 200K | Link | Grado -> Valdobbiadene | |
| Stage 4 | 5/12 | MT | 165K | Link | Padova -> San Martino di Castrozza | |
| Stage 5 | 5/13 | MT | 125K | Link | San Martino di Castrozza -> Alpe di Siusi | |
| Stage 6 | 5/14 | FLAT | 242K | Link | Bressanone -> Mayrhofen | |
| Stage 7 | 5/15 | FLAT | 244K | Link | Innsbruck -> Chiavenna | |
| Stage 8 | 5/16 | FLAT | 208K | Link | Morbegno -> Bergamo | |
| Stage 9 | 5/17 | FLAT | 155K | Link | Milan Circuit Race | |
| Rest Day | 5/18 | REST | 0K | Rest | Rest Day | |
| Stage 10 | 5/19 | MT | 250K | Link | Cuneo -> Pinerolo | |
| Stage 11 | 5/20 | FLAT | 206K | Link | Torino -> Arenzno | |
| Stage 12 | 5/21 | TT | 61.7K | Link | Sestri Levante -> Riomaggiore | |
| Stage 13 | 5/22 | FLAT | 150K | Link | Lido di Camaiore -> Firenze | |
| Stage 14 | 5/23 | FLAT | 174K | Link | Campi Bisenzio -> San Luca | |
| Stage 15 | 5/24 | FLAT | 159K | Link | Foli – Faenza | |
| Stage 16 | 5/25 | MT | 237K | Link | Pergola -> Monte Petrano | |
| Rest Day | 5/26 | REST | 0K | Rest | Rest Day | |
| Stage 17 | 5/27 | MT | 79K | Link | Chieti -> Blockhaus | |
| Stage 18 | 5/28 | FLAT | 181K | Link | Sulmona -> Benevento | |
| Stage 19 | 5/29 | FLAT | 164K | Link | Avellino -> Monte Vesuvio | |
| Stage 20 | 5/30 | FLAT | 203K | Link | Napoli -> Anagni | |
| Stage 21 | 5/31 | TT | 15.3K | Link | Roma -> Roma |
