Verbania - Alpe Motta
Saturday 29th May, 164kms
What a brute they have lined up for the final test of the climbers endurance. A flat opening 80kms, where they cross in to Switzerland, then straight up for the next 26kms to the top of the Bernardino Pass.
Abbiategrasso - Alpe Di Mera
Friday 28th May, 176kms
Back in to the high mountains again with another tough stage, but not the toughest of the race, on paper anyway, but does finish with a bang on the Alpe di Mera, a climb making its debut in the race.
Rovereto - Stradella
Thursday 27th May, 231kms
A mini rest day ahead of the final push. An easy stage along the Po Plains, with a few bumps near the finish to maybe give us an interesting finish. Don't expect any GC action today, they will all be thinking of the 3 days to come..
Canazei - Sega Di Ala
Wed. 26th May, 193kms
The first of three summit finishes in the next four stages, this is a game of two halves as they say, or even three thirds.. The first third is more or less downhill, a third on flat roads and then two Cat 1s to finish the stage.
Sacile - Cortina d'Ampezzo
Monday 24th May, 212kms
Yet another 'Queen stage' according to the roadbook, that's the third I make it so far.. but this one probably merits more than the others so far, it's a beast and one that Simon Yates has said "looks filthy".. he's not wrong!
Giro d'Italia St.15
Grado - Gorizia
Sunday 23rd May, 147kms
This is a strange stage they've dropped in to the middle of two tough stages in the Alps. Partly raced in Italy, partly in Slovenia, it's more like a stage of the Tour of Slovenia or Romandie with a circuit feel to it as they pass over the same hill three times in total.
Cittadella - Monte Zoncolan
Saturday 22nd May, 205kms
From the flattest stage of the race we suddenly rise in to the clouds with the beast that is the Monte Zoncolan! The weekend opens with a bang with a stage split in to two parts, the first 130kms or so a flat warmup, the last 73 see them take on two tough climbs, including the Cat 1 finish.
Ravenna - Verona
Thurs 21st May, 198Km
This stage looks like a boring waste of 5 hours, but should the winds blow in off the Adriatic, we could be in for a more interesting stage.. But it's unlikely we'll see much drama with the mountains looming on the horizon, most will treat this as a rest day, before a bunch gallop in Verona
Siena - Bagnna Di Romanga
Thurs 20th May, 212Km
Breakaway day! Well it certainly looks like it, with a lot of the GC men and their teams licking their wounds after yesterday's brute of a stage and a profile that should favour a break getting away, building a big lead and staying away.
Perugia - Montalicino
Wednesday 19th May, 162kms
Now this is more interesting! The Giro should really explode in to life on the first day back after the rest day, with a bonkers stage more like Strade Bianche. 2,500m of climbing and over 35kms of sterrati should really separate the men from the boys.
L'Aquila - Foligno
Monday 17th May, 139km
Not a great stage, but at least it's short! Only 139kms, and the day before the rest day, on a day that normally would be a rest day, a Monday. I think a lot of the riders will be treating this as an extra rest day and coast to a sprint finish.
Castel di Sangro - Campo Felice
Sunday 16th May, 160kms
This first Queen stage of the race across the Apennines of Abruzzo takes in several climbs, including two Cat 2s, a Cat 3 and the final Cat 1 up to the finish at Rocca di Cambio.
Foggia - Guardia Sanframondi
Sat 15th May, 170kms
The first of two interesting weekend stages, with a stage made for a breakaway. They head west from Foggia and in to the Matese Regional Park, with a big, 20km lump to get over in the middle of the stage and an uphill run to the line for the last 12kms.
Notaresco - Termoli
Friday 14th May, 181kms
A day after the first summit finish and shake up in the GC, we're back to a sprint stage again as they continue to head south along the coast. But it's a far cry from the last sprint stage with a number of hills to get over along the way to an uphill finish.
Grotte di Frasassi - Ascoli Piceno
Thurs 13th May, 160kms
From the flattest, most boring stage of the race to one which should see the first major shake-up in GC, with over 3,400m of ascension and the first summit finish of the race.
Modena - Cattolica
Wed 14th May, 175kms
This stage could quite possibly be one of the most boring races we're going to have to endure all year. And it's live from the very start! The highest point on the course is 67m and it's almost pan flat and dead straight all the way from Modena to Cattolica.
Piacenzo - Sestola
Tuesday 11th May, 186kms
A stage of two halves, as they head south-east in an almost dead straight, dead flat run to Parma and to the foothills of the Apennines for 78kms. From there on though it's a different matter entirely as there's barely a flat metre for the next 106kms.
Biella - Canale
Monday 10th May, 187kms
An interesting stage that takes them south across some of the route of stage 2 and through the vinyards of the Asti in the Po Valley. It starts benign enough, but ends with quite a lumpy final 75kms as they enter the foothills of the Appenines.
Stupinigi - Novara
Sunday 9th May, 179kms
The Giro stays in Piemonte for a flat stage to Novara, and it looks like a perfect one for the sprinters to get off the mark on. It will be the first time we will see Dylan Groenewegen sprint since that terrible incident at the Tour of Poland.
Turin - Turin
Saturday 8th May, 8.6kms
The Giro marks the 160th anniversary of the unification of Italy with a TT around the streets of Turin, where the first meeting of the Italian parliament took place in 1861. Turin also held a TT in 2011 to celebrate the 150th anniversary, but that year it was a team time trial, won by HTC-Colombia.
A selection of other bets
I love the Grand Tours for a lot of reasons, one of which is we finally get a wide selection of 'other markets' to bet on, where I try to find some value bets for you!
Who will be king of the kids?
The first two in this competition last year finished 1-2 in the GC, with only 39" separating them, with Joao Almeida just over 2 minutes further back in 3rd. A pretty amazing stat that 3 of the first 4 home were under 25 years of age.
Who can beat Deceuninck?
Team classification - a tricky market to work out - you need to try to find a team that will score three guys high up the results in every stage, as it's the aggregate time of the top three finishers every stage added together that decides this competition.
The battle for pink
Who will be the KOM at the 2021 Giro?
Who will win the Points Jersey at the 2020 Giro?
The leader of the points competition in the Giro wears the Cyclamen jersey.. Cyclawhat? Cyclamen - named after the Alpine flower of the same colour, it was introduced in 1970 (changed from a red colour).
Subscribe now for my comprehensive Giro d'Italia betting preview. 
For the 2021 Giro I will be offering my usual subscription service for my previews. If you are a follower of my previews you know that you will get comprehensive analysis and betting tips for the three weeks of the Giro.
I only charge subscriptions for the Grand Tours and its the only time in the year I try to make some income to compensate me for the hours spent on all the free previews I provide! No greedy season-long fees or exhorbitant subscription fees here for dodgy tips..
It helps pay for some of my running costs during the year like hosting costs, admin costs etc.
The full subscription is just £35 for the entire threes weeks, and that includes all the pre-race previews and daily stage previews, which go live in the week leading up to the Grande Partenza.
You can pay with PayPal or using a credit card through the PayPal interface. You can also do a bank transfer - full details are available on the subscription page.
The Full Subscription will give you access to my pre-race previews and you will also have access to every stage preview the night before, by 10.30pm at the latest, most days a lot earlier. The timing often depends on how late the bookies come out with their prices as my picks are price driven..
Giro d'Italia St 21
Senago - Milano
Sunday 30th May, 30.3kms ITT
Similar to last year, the final TT is a flat run to Milan, but it's almost twice the distance of the final TT in 2020, at 30.3kms. After his demolition job in the opening TT, can Pippo Ganna top and tail the Giro with stage wins and win the final TT for the second year running?
