Route and Stages
The 1993 Giro d'Italia began with a split stage, with the first half being a small undulating course that stretched from Porto Azzurro and ended in Portoferraio and the afternoon segment being a brief individual time trial around Portoferraio. The official race route contained three individual time trial events. There were a total of six stages that held many high mountains, while there were three hilly stages that contained climbs of lesser degree. The ten remaining stages were primarily flat.
Of the mass-start stages that contained mountains, five contained summit finishes: stage 3 to Sella di Corno, stage 13 to Passo delle Erbe, stage 15 to Lumezzane, stage 17 to Chianale, and stage 20 to Oropa. The nineteenth stage, an individual time trial, had a summit finish to the Sestriere.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 23 May | Porto Azzurro to Portoferraio | 85 km (53 mi) | Hilly stage | Moreno Argentin (ITA) | ||
| 1b | Portoferraio | 9 km (6 mi) | Individual time trial | Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) | |||
| 2 | 24 May | Grosseto to Rieti | 224 km (139 mi) | Plain stage | Adriano Baffi (ITA) | ||
| 3 | 25 May | Rieti to Scanno | 153 km (95 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Piotr Ugrumov (LAT) | ||
| 4 | 26 May | Lago di Scanno to Marcianise | 179 km (111 mi) | Plain stage | Fabio Baldato (ITA) | ||
| 5 | 27 May | Paestum to Terme Luigiane | 210 km (130 mi) | Hilly stage | Dimitri Konyshev (RUS) | ||
| 6 | 28 May | Villafranca Tirrena to Messina | 130 km (81 mi) | Plain stage | Guido Bontempi (ITA) | ||
| 7 | 29 May | Capo d'Orlando to Agrigento | 240 km (149 mi) | Plain stage | Bjarne Riis (DEN) | ||
| 8 | 30 May | Agrigento to Palermo | 140 km (87 mi) | Plain stage | Adriano Baffi (ITA) | ||
| 31 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 9 | 1 June | Montelibretti to Fabriano | 216 km (134 mi) | Plain stage | Giorgio Furlan (ITA) | ||
| 10 | 2 June | Senigallia | 28 km (17 mi) | Individual time trial | Miguel Indurain (ESP) | ||
| 11 | 3 June | Senigallia to Dozza | 184 km (114 mi) | Plain stage | Fabiano Fontanelli (ITA) | ||
| 12 | 4 June | Dozza to Asiago | 239 km (149 mi) | Hilly stage | Dimitri Konyshev (RUS) | ||
| 13 | 5 June | Asiago to Corvara | 220 km (137 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Moreno Argentin (ITA) | ||
| 14 | 6 June | Corvara to Corvara, South Tyrol | 245 km (152 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Claudio Chiappucci (ITA) | ||
| 15 | 7 June | Corvara, South Tyrol to Lumezzane | 263 km (163 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Davide Cassani (ITA) | ||
| 16 | 8 June | Lumezzane to Borgo Val di Taro | 181 km (112 mi) | Plain stage | Fabio Baldato (ITA) | ||
| 17 | 9 June | Varazze to Pontechianale | 223 km (139 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Marco Saligari (ITA) | ||
| 18 | 10 June | Sampeyre to Fossano | 150 km (93 mi) | Plain stage | Adriano Baffi (ITA) | ||
| 19 | 11 June | Pinerolo to Sestriere | 55 km (34 mi) | Individual time trial | Miguel Indurain (ESP) | ||
| 20 | 12 June | Turin to Santuario di Oropa | 162 km (101 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Massimo Ghirotto (ITA) | ||
| 21 | 13 June | Biella to Milan | 166 km (103 mi) | Plain stage | Fabio Baldato (ITA) | ||
| Total | 3,702 km (2,300 mi) | ||||||
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