2019 Giro d'Italia Stage 8 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 8 of the 2019 Giro d'Italia! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
Course Preview
At 235 kilometres, the 8th stage of the Giro d'Italia is the second longest of this edition. The riders travel from Tortoreto Lido to a downhill finish in Pesaro.
The riders leave the Abruzzo to enter the Marche while travelling north along the coast. Tortoreto Lido was included in the 2011 Giro. The race set off to a punch arrival in Castelfidardo, where John Gadret outgunned Joaquim Rodríguez and Alberto Contador.
The route is mostly flat in the first half of the race. The Monte della Mattera is crested at kilometre 68 after a 10 kilometres climb with an average gradient of almost four percent. Following the Madera climb, the route is hardly ever flat. The last 35 kilometres, in particular, are demanding with roads going either up or down. The final 6 kilometres are a technical descent to a final run-in on the flat.
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