# Stage 1: Nessebar / Несебър → Burgas / Бургас · Giro d'Italia 2026

Friday, May 8 (2026-05-08) · 147 km · Sprint Stage · Start 13:50 local

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The Grande Partenza opens in Bulgaria with a coastal stage from Nessebar to Burgas. The flat profile should put the sprinters in play for the first pink jersey.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 60 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Cape Agalina** — Cat 4, at km 84.3, 1.2 km long, avg 2.2%, 26 m gain
- **Cape Agalina** — Cat 4, at km 106.4, 1.2 km long, avg 2.2%, 26 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Sozopol** — intermediate sprint at km 90

Total elevation gain: 643 m · Max elevation: 60 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:42–17:12.

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