Route and Stages
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 May | Athens (Greece) to Athens (Greece) | 170 km (106 mi) | Plain stage | Silvio Martinello (ITA) | ||
| 2 | 19 May | Eleusis (Greece) to Naupactus (Greece) | 235 km (146 mi) | Plain stage | Glenn Magnusson (SWE) | ||
| 3 | 20 May | Missolonghi (Greece) to Ioannina (Greece) | 199 km (124 mi) | Plain stage | Giovanni Lombardi (ITA) | ||
| 21 May | Rest day | ||||||
| 4 | 22 May | Ostuni to Ostuni | 147 km (91 mi) | Plain stage | Mario Cipollini (ITA) | ||
| 5 | 23 May | Metaponto to Crotone | 196 km (122 mi) | Plain stage | Ángel Edo (ESP) | ||
| 6 | 24 May | Crotone to Catanzaro | 179 km (111 mi) | Hilly stage | Pascal Hervé (FRA) | ||
| 7 | 25 May | Amantea to Massiccio del Sirino | 164 km (102 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Davide Rebellin (ITA) | ||
| 8 | 26 May | Polla to Naples | 135 km (84 mi) | Plain stage | Mario Cipollini (ITA) | ||
| 9 | 27 May | Naples to Fiuggi | 184 km (114 mi) | Hilly stage | Enrico Zaina (ITA) | ||
| 10 | 28 May | Arezzo to Prato | 164 km (102 mi) | Hilly stage | Rodolfo Massi (ITA) | ||
| 11 | 29 May | Prato to Marina di Massa | 130 km (81 mi) | Plain stage | Mario Cipollini (ITA) | ||
| 12 | 30 May | Aulla to Loano | 195 km (121 mi) | Plain stage | Fabiano Fontanelli (ITA) | ||
| 13 | 31 May | Loano to Prato Nevoso | 115 km (71 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Pavel Tonkov (RUS) | ||
| 14 | 1 June | Sanctuary of Vicoforte to Briançon (France) | 202 km (126 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Pascal Richard (SUI) | ||
| 15 | 2 June | Briançon (France) to Aosta | 235 km (146 mi) | Plain stage | Gianni Bugno (ITA) | ||
| 16 | 3 June | Aosta (Switzerland) to Lausanne (Switzerland) | 180 km (112 mi) | Hilly stage | Alexander Gontchenkov (UKR) | ||
| 17 | 4 June | Lausanne (Switzerland) to Biella | 236 km (147 mi) | Hilly stage | Nicolaj Bo Larsen (DEN) | ||
| 18 | 5 June | Meda to Vicenza | 216 km (134 mi) | Plain stage | Mario Cipollini (ITA) | ||
| 19 | 6 June | Vicenza to Marostica | 62 km (39 mi) | Individual time trial | Evgeni Berzin (RUS) | ||
| 20 | 7 June | Marostica to Passo Pordoi | 220 km (137 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Enrico Zaina (ITA) | ||
| 21 | 8 June | Cavalese to Aprica | 250 km (155 mi) | Stage with mountain(s) | Ivan Gotti (ITA) | ||
| 22 | 9 June | Sondrio to Milan | 176 km (109 mi) | Plain stage | Serguei Outschakov (UKR) | ||
| Total | 3,990 km (2,479 mi) | ||||||
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