Route and Stages
The 1994 Giro d'Italia began with a small flat course that began and ended in the city of Bologna. The official race route contained three individual time trial events with distances that ranged from 9 km (6 mi) to 44 km (27 mi) in length. There were a total of five stages that held many high mountains, while there were five hilly stages that contained climbs of lesser degree. The ten remaining stages were primarily flat.
There were five stages that began or ended outside of Italy. Stage 12 ended in the Slovenian city Kranj and served as a start for the race's thirteenth stage. Stage 13 ended at Lienz in Austria, and the fourteenth began there. The Giro's mountainous stage 20 ended on the slopes of Les Deux Alpes, and the penultimate stage began on the mountain the next day.
Of the stages that contained mountains, three contained summit finishes: stage 4 to Campitello Matese, stage 20 to Les Deux Alpes, and stage 21 to Sestriere. The eighteenth stage, an individual time trial, had a summit finish to the Passo del Bocco.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 22 May | Bologna to Bologna | 86 km (53 mi) | Plain stage | Endrio Leoni (ITA) | ||
| 1b | Bologna | 7 km (4 mi) | Individual time trial | Armand de Las Cuevas (FRA) | |||
| 2 | 23 May | Bologna to Osimo | 232 km (144 mi) | Hilly stage | Moreno Argentin (ITA) | ||
| 3 | 24 May | Osimo to Loreto Aprutino | 185 km (115 mi) | Hilly stage | Gianni Bugno (ITA) | ||
| 4 | 25 May | Montesilvano to Campitello Matese | 204 km (127 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Evgeni Berzin (RUS) | ||
| 5 | 26 May | Campobasso to Melfi | 158 km (98 mi) | Plain stage | Endrio Leoni (ITA) | ||
| 6 | 27 May | Potenza to Caserta | 215 km (134 mi) | Plain stage | Marco Saligari (ITA) | ||
| 7 | 28 May | Fiuggi to Fiuggi | 119 km (74 mi) | Hilly stage | Laudelino Cubino (ESP) | ||
| 8 | 29 May | Grosseto to Follonica | 44 km (27 mi) | Individual time trial | Evgeni Berzin (RUS) | ||
| 9 | 30 May | Castiglione della Pescaia to Pontedera | 153 km (95 mi) | Plain stage | Ján Svorada (CZE) | ||
| 10 | 31 May | Marostica to Marostica | 115 km (71 mi) | Plain stage | Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB) | ||
| 11 | 1 June | Marostica to Bibione | 165 km (103 mi) | Plain stage | Ján Svorada (CZE) | ||
| 12 | 2 June | Bibione to Kranj (Slovenia) | 204 km (127 mi) | Hilly stage | Andrea Ferrigato (ITA) | ||
| 13 | 3 June | Kranj (Slovenia) to Lienz (Austria) | 231 km (144 mi) | Hilly stage | Michele Bartoli (ITA) | ||
| 14 | 4 June | Lienz (Austria) to Merano | 235 km (146 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Marco Pantani (ITA) | ||
| 15 | 5 June | Merano to Aprica | 195 km (121 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Marco Pantani (ITA) | ||
| 16 | 6 June | Sondrio to Stradella | 220 km (137 mi) | Plain stage | Maximilian Sciandri (ITA) | ||
| 17 | 7 June | Santa Maria della Versa to Lavagna | 190 km (118 mi) | Plain stage | Ján Svorada (CZE) | ||
| 18 | 8 June | Chiavari to Passo del Bocco | 35 km (22 mi) | Individual time trial | Evgeni Berzin (RUS) | ||
| 19 | 9 June | Lavagna to Bra | 212 km (132 mi) | Plain stage | Massimo Ghirotto (ITA) | ||
| 20 | 10 June | Cuneo to Les Deux Alpes (France) | 206 km (128 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Vladimir Poulnikov (UKR) | ||
| 21 | 11 June | Les Deux Alpes (France) to Sestriere | 121 km (75 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Pascal Richard (SUI) | ||
| 22 | 12 June | Turin to Milan | 198 km (123 mi) | Plain stage | Stefano Zanini (ITA) | ||
| Total | 3,730 km (2,318 mi) | ||||||
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