Stage 6
Paestum → Napoli
Stage 6 covers 142km from Paestum to Naples — the Giro's symbolic return to one of Italy's most cycling-passionate cities. The route is largely flat but the closing kilometre features a cobbled section and a sharp U-turn with 400m to go, complicating what would otherwise be a clean bunch sprint.
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What the stage looks like
Stage 6 covers 142km from Paestum to Naples — the Giro's symbolic return to one of Italy's most cycling-passionate cities. The route is largely flat but the closing kilometre features a cobbled section and a sharp U-turn with 400m to go, complicating what would otherwise be a clean bunch sprint.
What to follow
- Naples returns to the Giro after a decade away — fans line the route from the Vesuvius slopes to the seafront finish.
- The 400m U-turn into the finishing straight is the kind of technical hazard that decides who wins.
- Cobbled finishing strait stress-tests positioning more than horsepower.
When to tune in
Lead-out trains have to nail the U-turn in formation; expect crashes and disorganised sprints. The cobbled run-in favours bike-handlers over pure power sprinters.